Religious responses to violence : human rights in Latin America past and present /
Though its societies and economies have undergone sweeping changes, high levels of violence have remained a persistent problem in Latin America. This book offers resources to understand how religion has perceived and addressed different forms of violence, from the political and state violence of the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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Notre Dame, Indiana :
University of Notre Dame Press,
2016
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Though its societies and economies have undergone sweeping changes, high levels of violence have remained a persistent problem in Latin America. This book offers resources to understand how religion has perceived and addressed different forms of violence, from the political and state violence of the 1970s and 1980s to the drug traffickers and youth gangs of today. In contrast to many other studies of violence, this book explores its moral dimensions and the real consequences of human agency.-- |
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| Item Description: | "Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 498 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780268096762 0268096767 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Project MUSE platform, viewed January 24, 2023). |
