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Promised Land: Base Christian Communities and the Struggle for the Amazon

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Using information gathered from more than one hundred interviews with farmers, activists, and church people in northern Brazil, the author shows how the present conflicts over land in the Amazon, as well as the destruction of the rainforest, are rooted in specific policies of the Military Government that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, and how the effects of those policies continue to be felt. Presented here are six present-day case studies that not only give evidence of the direct links between peasant farmers' participation in grassroots church groups and their activism for land reform, but also, through rich local detail and quotes from the interviews, give a human face to sociological data.

Table of Contents:
List of Tables Map of the Region Foreword Preface List of Portuguese Terms List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction: Religion and Rural Conflict Part I. The Context of Change 1. The Military Regime and Agrarian Policy Part II. Six Cases 2. Arame: The Town Named for Barbed Wire 3. São Luís: The Great Aluminum Disaster 4. Santa Rita: Where the Buffalo Roamed 5. Northern Tocantins: Blood in the Parrot's Beak 6. Rio Maria: Tragedy and Hope in the Land of Canaan 7. Bye-Bye Brazil: Along the Transamazonic Highway Reflections on the Case Studies Part III. Analysis 8. Help and Hindrance: The Institutional Church 9. Base Communities: Link between Religion and Agrarian Activism 10. CEBs, Rural Unions, and the Struggle for Land 11. Daughters of Judith: Women in the Land Struggle Part IV. Conclusion 12. Beyond the Amazon: Religion and Social Change Appendix: Gaining Access and Gathering Data Notes Bibliography Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780791426500
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 202
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 308 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0791426505
  • Publisher Date: 23 Aug 1995
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Base Christian Communities and the Struggle for the Amazon
  • Width: 152 mm


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