The Catholic Church and Argentina's Dirty War
| Author | : Gustavo Morello |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780190234270 |
| ISBN-13 | : 019023427X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (27X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Catholic Church and Argentina's Dirty War by : Gustavo Morello
Download or read book The Catholic Church and Argentina's Dirty War written by Gustavo Morello and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on interviews with victims of forced disappearance, documents from the state and the Church, as well as field work and participant observation, The Catholic Church and Argentina's Dirty War explores how the Argentine government deployed the legitimating discourse of Catholicism to justify terrorism in the case of La Salette missionaries. It examines how the official Catholic hierarchy rationalized their silence, and how the victims understood their Catholic faith in such a context --