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Religious Dialogue in the Nicaraguan Revolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2008

Jean-Pierre Reed
Jean-Pierre Reed*
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University of Memphis
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Jean-Pierre Reed, Department of Sociology, University of Memphis, 221 Clement Hall, Memphis, TN 38152. E-mail: vorstellung@bellsouth.net
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Abstract

This article is an historical study of the Nicaraguan revolution that makes a case in favor of interpreting revolutionary stances/action as driven by religious dialogue. To this end, seminary dialogues that assumed revolutionary significance during the 1970s in Solentiname, Nicaragua, are studied. Institutional shifts in religious meaning, both in the region and Nicaragua, are historically detailed. Three dialogues from The Gospel in Solentiname, a four-volume collection of Bible-centered dialogues, are analyzed. These are evaluated in terms of their role for revolutionary outlooks. Innovative and developmental features of dialogue are identified in order to underscore the revolutionary potential of dialogue.

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Politics and Religion , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , August 2008 , pp. 270 - 299
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Copyright © Religion and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2008

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