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Subject(s)

• Church work with prostitutes—Brazil—History—20th century [Browse]
• Church work with prostitutes—Catholic Church—History—20th century [Browse]
• Prostitution—Religious aspects—Catholic Church [Browse]
• Catholic Church—Brazil—History—20th century [Browse]
• Brazil—Church history—20th century [Browse]
• Brazil—Social conditions [Browse]
• Liberation theology [Browse]
• Catholic Church—Doctrines—History—20th century [Browse]

Series

• Harvard theological studies ; no. 40. [More in this series]
• Harvard theological studies ; [40] [More in this series]

Summary note

• Employing the biblical narrative of Rahab the Harlot as a framework, Guider recounts the 500-year history and social meaning of prostitution in Brazil. She then tracks the Brazilian church's increasing consciousness of the issues and its determination to address the plight of prostitutes as marginalized women, as victims not sinners.
• Yet Guider shows that the church's sponsorship from 1974 to 1990 of eight "national encounters" for marginalized women inexorably revealed the limits of liberation for a church that, in the last analysis, could sooner abandon its class privileges than its doctrinal patrimony, especially its historical legacy concerning women. Primary documents are also included.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Christianity and Prostitution: Methods, Resources, and Principles for Inquiry and Interpretation
• Ch. 1. The Ecclesiastical Challenge of Rahab the Harlot: The Prostitute as an Exemplar of Faith and Justice
• Ch. 2. Prostitution in Brazil: Historical Perspectives
• Ch. 3. The Church of Liberation and the Problem of Prostitution
• Ch. 4. The Church, Marginalized Women, and the Limits of Liberation
• Ch. 5. Toward a Theology of Incarnate Presence for the World Church
• Ch. 6. Conclusion: Marginalized Women, the Church, and the New Evangelization
• Appendix: A Documentary History of the Pastoral da Mulher Marginalizada.

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ISBN

0800670930 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95005122

OCLC

31970380

RCP

C - O

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