Peasants and Religion : A Socioeconomic Study of Dios Olivorio and the Palma Sola Religion in the Dominican Republic

by Jan Lundius , Mats Lundahl

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series Routledge Studies in Development and Society

ISBN-10 0415174112

ISBN-13 9780415174114

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 18th, 1999

Print length 800 Pages

Weight 1,630 grams

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This book analyses the success and violent repression of a milennarian religious peasant movement in the Dominican Republic. It considers the role of changes in the international economic system and the arrival of capitalism in the area.

This book examines the relationship between economics, politics and religion through the case of Olivorio Mateo and the religious movement he inspired from 1908 in the Dominican Republic. The authors explore how and why the new religion was formed, and why it was so successful. Comparing this case with other peasant movements, they show ways in which folk religion serves as a response to particular problems which arise in peasant societies during times of stress.

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