| | H-Net Review: Mark Gring on Stubborn Hope: Religion, Politics and Revolution in Central America |
 | | Berryman contends that the main concern of Roman Catholic clergy and lay workers was to "accompany" the poor and disenfranchised. |
 | | Berryman's reaction to those who view humanity's basic problems as spiritual, rather than as a lack of social justice, is to accuse them of "not really understand[ing] the questions" (p.208) and of having a theology which consisted of "a kind of mental astrodome protecting its members from actually confronting such questions" (p. |
 | | Berryman's text is consistent with most Orbis publications: it does not adhere to academic guidelines for evidence (such as the use of multiple sources for supporting evidence, validation of sources, direct endnoting or footnoting, and responding to counter-evidence or -positions), it is predisposed to advocacy and self-justification. |
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