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Kenneth P. Serbin - Needs of the Heart: A Social and Cultural History of Brazil's Clergy and Seminaries (ND Kellogg Inst Int'l Studies) - 9780268041199 - V9780268041199
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Needs of the Heart: A Social and Cultural History of Brazil's Clergy and Seminaries (ND Kellogg Inst Int'l Studies)

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Description for Needs of the Heart: A Social and Cultural History of Brazil's Clergy and Seminaries (ND Kellogg Inst Int'l Studies) Hardcover. Traces five centuries of conflict and change in the life of the clergy in Brazil. This book examines how priests participated in the colonization of Brazil, educated the elite and poor in the faith, propped up the socioeconomic status quo, and reinforced the institution of slavery, all the while living in relative freedom from church authority. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 789.

Needs of the Heart traces five centuries of conflict and change in the life of the clergy in Brazil, home to the world's largest and arguably the most dynamic branch of the Roman Catholic Church. Serbin examines how priests participated in the colonization of Brazil, educated the elite and poor in the faith, propped up the socioeconomic status quo, and reinforced the institution of slavery, all the while living in relative freedom from church authority. Earthy men, many flouted the rule of celibacy and became embroiled in politics.

Serbin also describes the conservative modernization of the clergy, effected through seminary ... Read more

Seminaries necessarily dealt in the psychology of sexuality, friendship, and other basic human tendencies—what historian Marc Bloch has called the "secret needs of the heart." Serbin argues that the "needs of the heart" were a cause of the political transformation of the Brazilian Church, a transformation catalyzed by the profound identity crisis experienced by clergymen and seminarians in the 1960s and 1970s. The story of this generation of seminarians and priests is intermingled with the challenges and fears present during the repressive military dictatorship (1964 to 1985) and its aftermath.

Serbin's definitive history of the Brazilian clergy combines social science research, including over one hundred interviews, with cultural and social theory and a sweeping historical perspective. Through his history of the clergy and seminaries, he provides a history of modern Brazil itself.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268041199
SKU
V9780268041199
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About Kenneth P. Serbin
Kenneth P. Serbin is professor of history at the University of San Diego. He is the author of Secret Dialogues: Church-State Relations, Torture, and Social Justice in Authoritarian Brazil.

Reviews for Needs of the Heart: A Social and Cultural History of Brazil's Clergy and Seminaries (ND Kellogg Inst Int'l Studies)
“Serbin’s superb new study offers a comprehensive look at the church from the colonial period to the end of the military government in the 1980s. He takes the long view in order to demonstrate his central argument: that the ‘progressive’ Catholic Church of the twentieth century, with its political activism and social consciousness, did not emerge out of a void ... Read more

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