List of Tables
Map of the Region
Foreword
Preface
List of Portuguese Terms
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction: Religion and Rural Conflict
Part I. The Context of Change
1. The Military Regime and Agrarian Policy
Part II. Six Cases
2. Arame: The Town Named for Barbed Wire
3. São Luís: The Great Aluminum Disaster
4. Santa Rita: Where the Buffalo Roamed
5. Northern Tocantins: Blood in the Parrot's Beak
6. Rio Maria: Tragedy and Hope in the Land of Canaan
7. Bye-Bye Brazil: Along the Transamazonic Highway
Reflections on the Case Studies
Part III. Analysis
8. Help and Hindrance: The Institutional Church
9. Base Communities: Link between Religion and Agrarian Activism
10. CEBs, Rural Unions, and the Struggle for Land
11. Daughters of Judith: Women in the Land Struggle
Part IV. Conclusion
12. Beyond the Amazon: Religion and Social Change
Appendix: Gaining Access and Gathering Data
Notes
Bibliography
Index