Promised Land: Base Christian Communities and the Struggle for the Amazon Book

	List of Tables
	Map of the Region
	Foreword
	Preface
	List of Portuguese Terms
	List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
	Introduction: Religion and Rural Conflict	1
1	The Military Regime and Agrarian Policy	13
2	Arame: The Town Named for Barbed Wire	27
3	Sao Luis: The Great Aluminum Disaster	41
4	Santa Rita: Where the Buffalo Roamed	53
5	Northern Tocantins: Blood in the Parrot's Beak	63
6	Rio Maria: Tragedy and Hope in the Land of Canaan	75
7	Bye-Bye Brazil: Along the Transamazonic Highway	87
	Reflections on the Case Studies	97
8	Help and Hindrance: The Institutional Church	101
9	Base Communities: Link between Religion and Agrarian Activism	113
10	CEBs, Rural Unions, and the Struggle for Land	125
11	Daughters of Judith: Women in the Land Struggle	141
12	Beyond the Amazon: Religion and Social Change	159
	Appendix: Gaining Access and Gathering Data	169
	Notes	177
	Bibliography	193
	Index	199