This book invites readers to engage with thought-provoking and significant reflections on Catholicism in Brazil. Drawing on the insights of theologians and social scientists, it addresses key questions: Why and how does Brazil, known as the largest Catholic country in the world, exhibit such a remarkable diversity of religious practices? How do Brazilian Catholics coexist with practitioners of African religions? In what ways has Brazilian Catholic theology, particularly Liberation Theology, influenced politics? What are the most prominent Catholic devotions in Brazil? Within these pages, you will find clear and insightful answers to the complex questions shaping contemporary Catholicism.
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Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer, Ph.D. in Systematic Theology by the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome (1989), is Full Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She has published many books and articles on God, otherness, women, spirituality, contemporary mystics and literature.
Carlos Alberto Steil, Ph.D. in Social Anthropology by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1996), is Professor at the State University of Campinas. He has published monographs and articles on Pilgrimage, New Age and Spirituality, including the awarded book Sertao das Romarias.
Paulo Fernando Carneiro de Andrade, Ph.D. in Theology by the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome (1989), is Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He has written many academic publications on Ecclesial Base Communities, Popular Movements, and Religion and Politics.
Series Editors' Foreword
Massimo Faggioli and Bryan Froehle
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Brazilian Catholicism as Global Catholicism: Movement and Institution
Carlos Alberto Steil, Maria Clara Bingemer, and Paulo Fernando Carneiro de Andrade
1 On Being Catholic in Brazil
Marcelo Timotheo da Costa
2 Catholicism in Brazil: a Historical Theological Reflection
Maria Clara Bingemer
3 Catholicism in Movement: Transformations in Brazilian Pilgrimages
Carlos Alberto Steil
4 Aesthetics of Marian Devotion in Brazilian Catholicism
Adriano Godoy
5 Popular Catholicism and Liberation
Francisco de Aquino Júnior
6 Catholicism and Politics: Dissonance in Light of Recent Changes
Sílvia Fernandes
7 The Decline of Catholicism in Brazil: Impacts on Faith and Politics
Paulo Fernando Carneiro de Andrade
8 Brazilian Catholicism: Theological and Socio political Inflections
Brenda Carranza
9 Interactions of Catholicism with New Spiritualities in Brazil
Marcelo Camurça
10 Religious Teaching, Secular Learning: Catholic Education of Values as Empowerment and Social Inclusion
Eduardo Dullo
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