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This volume provides a critical sociology of religion in Latin America. Its purpose is to discuss the notion of religion as part of social, cultural and political processes in capitalist societies, drawing on the classics of sociological thought.

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In this study of nonformal education in Latin America, the author argues that rather than providing new training for the labour force and improving the lot of the poor, the education policies in Latin America play an integral role in the governments's attempts to legitimize the capitalist state.