Catholicism and Human Rights in Haiti:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Catholicism and Human Rights in Haiti: "
Terry Rey

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082258
Doc. No	:	LA125887
Call No	:	‭10.1163/187103206781172952‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Terry Rey
Title & Author	:	Catholicism and Human Rights in Haiti: [Article] : Past, Present, and Future\ Terry Rey
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion Human Rights
Date	:	2006
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/3
Page No	:	229–248
Abstract	:	This article surveys the relationship between Catholicism and human rights during four periods of Haitian history: (1) the colonial era of plantation slavery; (2) the 'antisuperstitious' campaigns from 1898 to 1943; (3) the dictatorship of François Duvalier from 1957–1971; and (4) the rise and fall of liberation theology in Haiti from the mid 1970s to the present. My primary argument is that despite a generally deplorable Catholic track record vis-à-vis human rights, there has also been a consistent ethical tributary of Catholic struggle for social justice in this poor Caribbean nation. Its strongest current fed the church-based activism that helped topple the dynastic Duavlier regime in 1986—a current that has since weakened in part due to the emergence of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Prospects for a liberationist renewal within the Renewal, however, could dictate the future of the Haitain Catholic Church's engagement in the struggle for human rights. This article surveys the relationship between Catholicism and human rights during four periods of Haitian history: (1) the colonial era of plantation slavery; (2) the 'antisuperstitious' campaigns from 1898 to 1943; (3) the dictatorship of François Duvalier from 1957–1971; and (4) the rise and fall of liberation theology in Haiti from the mid 1970s to the present. My primary argument is that despite a generally deplorable Catholic track record vis-à-vis human rights, there has also been a consistent ethical tributary of Catholic struggle for social justice in this poor Caribbean nation. Its strongest current fed the church-based activism that helped topple the dynastic Duavlier regime in 1986—a current that has since weakened in part due to the emergence of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Prospects for a liberationist renewal within the Renewal, however, could dictate the future of the Haitain Catholic Church's engagement in the struggle for human rights.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/187103206781172952‬