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Religion and Social Change in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Gerhard Drekonja*
Affiliation:
German Foundation for Developing Countries
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The Central Working Document for the Latin American Bishops' Conference, which met in the summer of 1968, in the industrial city of Medellín, after the Eucharistic Congress in Bogotá, mentioned in its introduction neither pastoral nor theological questions. It began with a matter-of-fact analysis of Latin American reality, discussed the underdevelopment of the subcontinent in sociological terms, and demanded finally a commitment from the Church to the social problems of hunger and misery, which the document stated are the urgent questions upon whose solution the future of Latin America depends. Hesitation on the part of the Church to do its share in creating a more free, more just, and more humane society would be tantamount to being in the state of mortal sin.

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Topical Review
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Copyright © 1971 by the University of Texas Press

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The author expresses his warm thanks to Miss Patricia DiRubbo for help in editing the English version of this paper.

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