Martyrdom and the Politics of Religion

Progressive Catholicism in El Salvador's Civil War

• Author(s): Anna Lisa Peterson,
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Pages: 211
• ISBN_10: 0791431819
  ISBN_13: 9780791431818
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Christianity / Catholic ,

Description:... By examining the ways that Catholic activists responded to political violence in El Salvador during the 1970s and 1980s, this book documents the beliefs and history of an important religious community, and explores the nature of religion's role in political ideology and mobilization.