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Review article of 5 recent books on the explosion of Protestantism in Latin America, and the Catholic Church and politics in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The author notes that these books make clear that religion has been a potent factor in Latin American social life over the past two decades. They also leave no doubt that the social and political crisis has helped to fuel the resurgence of religious activity. (DÜI-Sen)

Literaturbericht über 5 neuere Veröffentlichungen (1978-85) zur Rolle der Kirche im Rahmen sozialrevolutionärer Entwicklungen im zentralamerikanischen Raum. Solange man Sozialismus mit sowjetischem Expansionismus gleichsetze, sei der Weg zu einem Verständnis der Antriebskräfte der politischen Dynamik in Zentralamerika verstellt. Im Sinne der Befreiungstheorie gelte es vielmehr festzuhalten, daß eine Reduzierung des Glaubens auf persönliche Frömmigkeit unter Ausklammerung sozialer Kämpfe einem Mißverständnis der christlichen Botschaft gleichkomme

The Popular Insurrection in Nicaragua is examined against the backdrop of the grass-roots mobilization and protest that built up between 1968 and 1978. Particular attention is given to the linkages between grass-roots religious change and political mobilization. It is argued that the democratization of religious experience in the decade following the 1968 meeting of the Conference of Latin American Bishops in Medellín greatly facilitated the participation of the poor in the Nicaraguan Revolution, but that it also sowed the seeds of intrachurch conflict after the Triumph of the Revolution. Post-Triumph conflict between church and state and between the church hierarchy and the so-called popular church are then examined, with a view to showing that the major religious issue in revolutionary Nicaragua is not Marxism versus the church, but democratization in the church and in the political order.

Der Autor unterscheidet den Demokratiebegriff der Reagan-Administration, der auf der Vorstellung Lockes von einem Vertrag zwischen den Bürgern und der Regierung zum Schutze von Eigentum und Person beruht, von dem Demokratieverständnis des FMLN-FDR in El Salvador, des FSLN in Nikaragua wie auch der christlichen Basisgemeinden dieser Länder, das sich an den Idealen der Französischen Revolution ausrichtet

The popular insurrection in Nicaragua is examined against the backdrop of the grass-roots mobilization & protest that built up between 1968 & 1978. Particular attention is given to the linkages between grass-roots religious change & political mobilization. It is argued that the democratization of religious experience in the decade following the 1968 meeting of the Conference of Latin American Bishops in Medellin greatly facilitated the participation of the poor in the Nicaraguan revolution, but that it also sowed the seeds of intra-Church conflict after the triumph of the revolution. Posttriumph conflict between the Church hierarchy & the so-called popular Church are then examined, to show that the major religious issue in revolutionary Nicaragua is not Marxism vs the Church, but democratization in the Church & in the political order. HA