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It is comprehensive, providing a good overview of its subject...it appreciates complexity and diversity within the Church. - Missiology ,

<p> Schwaller captures the fundamental question of power in this heart&#8210;felt analysis of the Catholic Church in Latin America over five centuries. Both colonial and national political figures sought to instrumentalize the institutional Church while multiethnic and multiclass peoples re&#8210;imagined the faith within their own communities. How those tensions expressed themselves in time and place is the core of this contribution to the field of Latin American history.

<p> Provides an essential account of the presence and influence of Catholicism in Ibero?America. From its colonial past to a future facing many challenges, the Church has a multifaceted story. Schwaller gives us the most comprehensive overview to date of a cardinal component of Latin American culture. This book will be of great interest to all fields across the social sciences and the humanities in Latin America.

(<p> As Latin America assumes the role of the world's most Catholic continent, it becomes all the more necessary for anyone interested in contemporary Christianity to understand its historical roots. Schwaller's well-written and thoroughly researched history serves as an excellent guide to Latin America's turbulent religious past, and its contemporary realities. This is a valuable book from a distinguished scholar. )-(Phillip Jenkins), (author of The Next Christendom: The Rise of Global Christianity )

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John Frederick Schwaller is professor of history and president of the State University of New York, Potsdam. He is the author or editor of several books, including Origins of Church Wealth in Mexico and The Church in Colonial Latin America: A Reader.

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