Yale University Library Research Guides: Latinx and Latin American Christianity: Peru

Christianity in Peru

The Catholic Church and Democracy in Chile and Peru (Online) by Michael Fleet; Brian H. Smith This book is set within the context of the Vatican moving to restrict the Chilean and Peruvian Church's social and political activities.
Historia Contemporánea de la Iglesia Católica en el Perú by Jeffrey L. Klaiber An overview of the history of the Catholic Church in Peru during the 20th century.
Los Evangélicos en Perú y América Latina: Ensayos Sobre Su Historia by Tomás Gutiérrez S
Theologies and Liberation in Peru: The Role of Ideas in Social Movements by Milagros Pena Looks at how social protest has become a significant aspect of religious ideology throughout Latin America, particularly with the emergence of liberation theology in Peru. Through extensive research of archived documents, newspapers, and interviews with Catholic theologians of all persuasions, including Father Gustavo Gutierrez, and other central figures in Peru's social movements, Pena assesses the fate of liberation theology, its strengths and weaknesses, and the responses of such conservative Catholic movements as Sodalitium Vitae and Opus Dei, with their theology of reconciliation.

The Catholic Church in Peru, 1821-1985: A Social History by Jeffrey Klaiber Aiming to provide a complete history of the Catholic Church in modern Peru, this detailed study examines the roots of the Peruvian church from the post-colonial period of the 1820s to the Pope's first visit in 1985.
Maryknoll Catholic Mission in Peru, 1943-1989 (Online) by Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens Details the transformation of Maryknoll missionaries in Peru from evangelizers to vocal critics of United States foreign policy and key supporters of liberation theology, the preferential option for the poor, and intercultural Catholicism.
Pastor in the Shadow of Violence: Gustavo Gutiérrez as a Public Pastoral Theologian in Peru in the 1980s and 1990s by Olle Kristenson In comparison with other works on Gutierrez that focus solely on his theology of liberation, this work focuses on the implications of his theology on his pastoral ministry in Peru.
The Politics of Religion and the Rise of Social Catholicism in Peru (1884-1935)-Online by Ricardo Daniel Cubas Ramacciotti Provides a lucid summary of the Catholic Church's responses to the secularisation of the State and society whilst offering a fresh appraisal of the emergence of Social Catholicism and its contribution to social thought and development of civil society in post-independence Peru.

Cien Años Después: Perú a Inicios del Siglo XX by Pablo Sebastián Lozano, Carlos Arrizabalaga (editors) The thematic areas of the book are: the university reform, the centenary and the generation of the nine hundred; ideas, intellectuals and national projects; magazines and intellectual projects; and monuments, discourses, art and socio-cultural challenges.
Historical Dictionary of Peru (Online) by Peter F. Klarén Substantial sections are devoted to describing and analyzing the country's history, politics and social order, combined with shorter entries on the important people and events that have contributed to its current state of affairs. It also includes a comprehensive profile of the country based on an array of data, tables and statistics.
Peru: Society and Nationhood in the Andes by Peter Flindell Klaren Explores Peru's history, with particular emphasis on social and economic issues, from pre-Incan times to 1995.
The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Online) by Orin Starn, Carlos Iván Degregori, Robin Kirk (editors) An anthology of works by Peruvian authors, ranging from famous figures to common people.