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P. Freire importance of paying attention to the culture of silence of the poorer classes¹

De Soto focus on the entrepreneurial skills of the poor² (84)

D. Martin and C. Mariz critique of Marxist analysis for being antipathetic to the religion of the poor and ignoring their role as agents³ (85-86)

Colonial period, conversionist impulse limited with a feudal order being established. RCC role based more on its dependence of the coercive power of the secular order, than on a close relationship between clergy and people.⁴ (87)

Dominant classes; understanding of Catholic orthodoxy, participated in colonial project of protecting it from Jewish or Protestant influences. Poorer classes, popular Catholicism, transplant of medieval folk Catholicism⁵ (87)

Syncretism, subversion of Catholic church, after violent repression failed, more accomodationist measures needed⁶ (88)

Subversive role of Jesuit reductions within colonial project ; seeking autonomy from feudal order⁷ (88-89)

Canudos interpreted as a rural folk Catholic revolt against the emerging modernizing trends⁸ (90-91)

Biblical translation as essential for Protestant mission, offshoot in literacy and education⁹ (97)

Ambiguos status of Adventists in terms of Protestantism and evangelicalism¹⁰ (97)

Pentecostal churches in Latin America entering into political alliances detrimental to their own development¹¹ (102)

1J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 83.

2J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 84.

3J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 85–86.

4J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 87.

5J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 87.

6J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 88.

7J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 88–89.

8J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 90–91.

9J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 97.

10J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 97.

11J. Samuel Escobar, “Religion and Social Change at the Grass Roots in Latin America”Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 554 (1997), 81-103, 102.