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Eric Hanson's multifaceted book examines the place of the church in the contemporary international system and the reciprocal influence of modern political and technological developments on the internal affairs of the church. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The

Why and under what conditions the Roman Catholic Church gets involved in conflict, despite its efforts to remain neutral; 3 articles. Cites examples of involvement in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the US trade unions, and Nothern Ireland.

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 --

Authority systems and figures, and relations of authority are part and parcel of any human society. Even a cursory glance at world history would show that various models of authority have been at work in different societies - from monarchy and dictatorship to oligarchy and democracy, the authority of one benevolent or malevolent ruler to the authority of a limited group or the whole people. The Church, as a socio-historical reality growing in time and space, also exercised different models of authority in its two thousand years history. These models of authority in the Church existed sometimes side by side and at other times one model of authority took precedence over other models and even staked its claim to be the only viable model of authority. In this article we shall first describe the different authority figures and the varied ways in which authority has been understood and exercised in the Church. Based on this historical study, we shall come up with the models of authority prevalent in the Catholic Church.

Actualmente se prepara la tercera reforma de la curia romana posterior al Concilio Vaticano II. La ley que regula la curia, la const. Pastor Bonus, ha sido ya reformada en diversas ocasiones y el papa Francisco no sólo ha previsto una nueva legislación, sino que ha expresado también algunos criterios básicos. La reforma afectará a la organización de los dicasterios y, sobre todo, a los métodos de trabajo y la participación de diversas personas. Al mismo tiempo, hay importantes cuestiones implicadas aquí, como son la relación de los obispos diocesanos con la curia, la posición de los obispos titulares y un mayor reconocimiento de la participación de fieles laicos en los dicasterios. ; The third reform of the post-Vatican II Roman Curia is currently underway. Pastor Bonus, the law governing the Curia, has already been amended several times and Pope Francis has not only proposed new legislation, but has also set out some basic criteria. The reform is to affect the organization of Dicasteries and, above all, working methods and the participation of various people. At the same time, important issues arise here, such as the relationship between diocesan bishops and the Curia, the position of titular bishops, and greater recognition of the participation of lay faithful in the Dicasteries.

Promised Land: Base Christian Communities and the Struggle for the Amazon. Madeleine Cousineau Adriance. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. 202 pp.Women, Religion, and Social Change in Brazil's Popular Church. Carol Ann Drogus. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. 226 pp.Claiming the Virgin: The Broken Promise of Liberation Theology in Brazil. Robin Nagle. New York: Routledge, 1997. 224 pp.The Brazilian Popular Church and the Crisis of Modernity. Manuel A. Vasquez. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 302 pp.

The Third General Assembly of the Latin American Episcopate took place last February in the Mexican city of Puebla. Without doubt it will make a profound impact upon the evangelizing action of the Church in Latin America. The documents produced at Puebla, like those produced in Medellin ten years earlier, will give rise to reflections that will find their way into the diverse pastoral plans of each nation.Neither Medellin nor Puebla can be considered isolated phenomenon. On the contrary, each should be seen as fruits of a maturing process in which Christian people, together with their pastors, express both the depths of their anguish and their high hopes and visions. That vision encompasses raising people from subhuman situations to a fuller experience of human life. Such experience should be expected to bring people together in brotherly love and lead naturally to a greater openness to God.

Indonesia consists of different ethnicities, cultures, religions, and beliefs. This diversity is a gift, but also a challenge for the Indonesian nation. Differences that exist often cause problems and conflicts between tribes and between religions and beliefs. In the midst of this pluralistic situation, the Church in Indonesia needs to develop inculturation in order to be open and to be able to make dialogue with every culture that exists in Indonesia, with different religions and beliefs as well as with the concrete situation occurring in Indonesia. This paper uses an analytical descriptive method to describe and analyze the concrete situation of the Church in its efforts to respond to socio-religious and political problems and challenges in Indonesia. It appears that the Church in Indonesia is very open and fully respond to every problem and challenge that exist in the midst of Indonesian people and society. This paper is expected to be an inspiration for the local Churches in developing its role to contribute to the development of the nation and the State of Indonesia, as well as to be an inspiration to other Churches in other parts of the world wherever experiencing situations more or less similar to the pluralistic situation in Indonesia.