Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE - Development of the Dominican Catholic Church: A Comparative Perspective; The Latin American Church and Politics; Church-State Ruptures; Church and State Integration; Church Subordination to the State; The Dominican Church under Colonial Rule; The Dominican Church under the Haitian Occupation, 1822-1844; Portes and the Search for a National Church, 1844-1858; From Colonial Rule to Institutional Crisis, 1861-1884 Meriño and the Development of a Dominican Clergy, 1885-1906Nouel and the Development of a Dependent Church, 1906-1931; The Church and the Trujillo Dictatorship; The Concordat and the End of the Trujillo Dictatorship; The Conflict between Trujillo and the Church; Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER TWO - Church and Politics in Four Latin American Nations; Church and Politics in Latin America after Vatican II; Pope John Paul II and the Conservative Shift in Church Mission; Case Studies of the Latin American Catholic Church and Politics; Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER THREE - Finding a New Role in Society The Dominican Church and Post-Trujillo Society, 1961-1966The Church and Post-Trujillo Society, 1966-1978; Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER FOUR - Mediator par Excellence; The Dominican Transition to Democracy; Institutional Expansion of the Catholic Church; The Church, Political Parties in Government, and Financial Resources; The Emergence of the Church as Mediator par Excellence; Conclusions; Notes; CHAPTER FIVE - Building a New Relationship with Society; The Development of Social Pastoral Programs; Cáritas Dominicana and the Social Pastoral Work; Cedail, Social Pastoral Work, and Human Rights ConclusionNotes; CHAPTER SIX - Evangelicals and Politics: Challenges and Opportunities; Changes in the Latin American Religious Field; Evangelicals and Politics in the Dominican Republic; Incorporation of Evangelicals into Dominican Politics; Evangelicals and the Search for Influence in Society; Conclusions; Notes; General Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; About the Author | 
