
Liberation Theology: Jesus Christ and the Fight for Human Emancipation
Rev Left Radio
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Brazilian Catholicism and the Brazilian Workers Party
The church was on both sides of the military dictatorship in Brazil. The country is mostly Catholic, it's kind of like a bizarre contradiction within Catholicism itself. Four priests took up posts in the Sanista government; there were also just a ton of faithful lay Catholics in the government as well and that fought in the revolution. And you can see how these Christians have gone from this really small community on an island and then they end up fighting in therevolution.
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