“One of them:” the working-class world, priestly politicization, and political action in Chile in the late 1960s

Abstract

This article gives account of the process of priestly politicization in Chile between the 1960s and 1970s, a context defined by the victory of the Unidad Popular. One of the factors in this process of priestly politicization was the experience of priests approaching working-class sectors, where they saw the practical convergence with Marxism, a reaffirmation of the incarnate and prophetic interpretation of Christianity, and a space for active and explicit politicization.