The politics of liberation: The popular church, indigenous theology, and grassroots mobilization in Oaxaca, Mexico

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 96-127

  Norget, Kristin ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McGill University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHOLIC RELIGION; RELIGIONS INFLUENCE; SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT;

MEXICO, OAXACA STATE;

EID: 0031412875     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X9702400506     Document Type: Article

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