Latin American Religion in Motion

Latin American Religion in Motion
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 9781135962937
ISBN-13 : 1135962936
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Synopsis Latin American Religion in Motion by : Christian Smith

Latin America is undergoing a period of intense religious transformation and upheaval. This book analyzes some of the more important new discoveries about religious movements in the region. It examines important shifts such as the expansion and politicization of Protestantism, the ongoing transformation of the Catholic church, the growth of Afro-Brazilian religions, and the genuine pluralization of faith.

New Age in Latin America

New Age in Latin America
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 9789004316485
ISBN-13 : 9004316485
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis New Age in Latin America by :

This book is at the crossroads where a New Age sensibility, advancing like an ecumen of worldwide spirituality without national, cultural, or ecclesiastical frontiers, meets Latin America's syncretic religions, practiced by groups of people wiht African or indigenous roots or developed from the tradition of popular Catholicism. The Syncretic character of the two sensibilities makes both the New Age and popular religion behave like two, syncretizing and syncreticizable matrices of meaning. This book opens up a rich vein of debate with new dilemmas and discussions, that will provide a framework for a new field of study in anthropology. What new ways of signifying living and experiencing religion is the New Age generating in Latin America? What are its limits? Contributors are: Alejandra Aguilar Ros, Santiago Bastos, Lizette Campechano, Sylvie Pédron Colombani, Alejandro Frigerio, Jacques Galinier, Silas Guerriero, Cristina Gutiérrez Zúñiga,Nahayeilli B. Juárez Huet, José Guilherme C.Magnani, Antoinette Molinié, María Teresa Rodríguez, Deis Siqueira, Carlos Alberto Steil, Engel Tally, Renée de la Torre, and Marcelo Zamora.

The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity

The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9780199844593
ISBN-13 : 0199844593
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity by : Todd Hartch

Predominantly Catholic for centuries, Latin America is still largely Catholic today, but the religious continuity in the region masks great changes that have taken place in the past five decades. In fact, it would be fair to say that Latin American Christianity has been transformed definitively in the years since the Second Vatican Council. Religious change has not been obvious because its transformation has not been the sudden and massive growth of a new religion, as in Africa and Asia. It has been rather a simultaneous revitalization and fragmentation that threatened, awakened, and ultimately brought to a greater maturity a dormant and parochial Christianity. New challenges from modernity, especially in the form of Protestantism and Marxism, ultimately brought forth new life. In The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity, Todd Hartch examines the changes that have swept across Latin America in the last fifty years, and situates them in the context of the growth of Christianity in the global South.

Resurgent Voices in Latin America

Resurgent Voices in Latin America
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 0813534615
ISBN-13 : 9780813534619
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Synopsis Resurgent Voices in Latin America by : Edward L. Cleary

Annotation After more than 500 years of marginalisation, Latin America's forty million Indians have gained political recognition and civil rights. Here, social scientists explore the important role of religion in indigenous activism, showing the ways that religion has strengthened indigenous identity and contributed to the struggle for indigenous rights.

The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America

The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 995
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ISBN-10 : 9781316495285
ISBN-13 : 1316495280
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Synopsis The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America by : Virginia Garrard-Burnett

The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America covers religious history in Latin America from pre-Conquest times until the present. This publication is important; first, because of the historical and contemporary centrality of religion in the life of Latin America; second, for the rapid process of religious change which the region is undergoing; and third, for the region's religious distinctiveness in global comparative terms, which contributes to its importance for debates over religion, globalization, and modernity. Reflecting recent currents of scholarship, this volume addresses the breadth of Latin American religion, including religions of the African diaspora, indigenous spiritual expressions, non-Christian traditions, new religious movements, alternative spiritualities, and secularizing tendencies.

A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990

A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990
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Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages : 461
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ISBN-10 : 9780802828897
ISBN-13 : 0802828892
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990 by : Roland Spliesgart

Taking the three continents in turn, the documents trace chronologically the transfer of Christianity from the beginning of Western colonization through the end of the Cold War. Traditional forms of Christianity in Asia and Africa are not covered. The emphasis is on the voices of people working in the field--both missionaries and Indigenous people--rather than those at the imperial centers.

Afro-Latin American Studies

Afro-Latin American Studies
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 663
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ISBN-10 : 9781316832325
ISBN-13 : 1316832325
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Afro-Latin American Studies by : Alejandro de la Fuente

Alejandro de la Fuente and George Reid Andrews offer the first systematic, book-length survey of humanities and social science scholarship on the exciting field of Afro-Latin American studies. Organized by topic, these essays synthesize and present the current state of knowledge on a broad variety of topics, including Afro-Latin American music, religions, literature, art history, political thought, social movements, legal history, environmental history, and ideologies of racial inclusion. This volume connects the region's long history of slavery to the major political, social, cultural, and economic developments of the last two centuries. Written by leading scholars in each of those topics, the volume provides an introduction to the field of Afro-Latin American studies that is not available from any other source and reflects the disciplinary and thematic richness of this emerging field.

Streams of Latin American Protestant Theology

Streams of Latin American Protestant Theology
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 122
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ISBN-10 : 9789004412163
ISBN-13 : 9004412166
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Streams of Latin American Protestant Theology by : Ryan R. Gladwin

Although church historians often call the 19th century the Great Century of Protestant mission, for Latin America it was the 20th century that was the great century of Protestant growth and expansion. The 20th century witnessed vast societal changes and the realization of systemic poverty and injustice as well as the exponential growth, pentecostalization, and diversification of Latin American Protestantism. Latin American Protestant Theology emerged during this century of change. This text provides an introduction to Latin American Protestant Theology by engaging its dominant theological streams (Liberal, Evangelical, and Pentecostal) and how they understand themselves through the lens of mission. The text offers both a critique of the Christendom cartography that is dominant in Latin American Protestant Theology as well as suggestions for how to move towards a transformative theology of mission. The primary intention of this text is to offer an informed outline and analysis of the theological landscape of Latin American Protestantism. The secondary intention of this book is to note the contributions as well as deficiencies of the streams of LAPT in the hope to signal a possible path towards the development of an integral, transformative, contextual, and decolonial theological voice.

The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity

The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
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ISBN-10 : 9780199860364
ISBN-13 : 019986036X
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity by : David Thomas Orique

By 2025, Latin America's population of observant Christians will be the largest in the world. Nonetheless, studies examining the exponential growth of global Christianity tend to overlook this region, focusing instead on Africa and Asia. Research on Christianity in Latin America provides a core point of departure for understanding the growth and development of Christianity in the "Global South." In The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity an interdisciplinary contingent of scholars examines Latin American Christianity in all of its manifestations from the colonial to the contemporary period. The essays here provide an accessible background to understanding Christianity in Latin America. Spanning the era from indigenous and African-descendant people's conversion to and transformation of Catholicism during the colonial period through the advent of Liberation Theology in the 1960s and conversion to Pentecostalism and Charismatic Catholicism, The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity is the most complete introduction to the history and trajectory of this important area of modern Christianity.

Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America

Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 9789401799126
ISBN-13 : 9401799121
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America by : Paul Almeida

This handbook covers social movement activities in Latin American countries that have had profound consequences on the political culture of the region. It examines the developments of the past twenty years, such as a renewed upswing in popular mobilization, the ending of violent conflicts and military governments, new struggles and a relatively more democratic climate. It shows that, from southern Chiapas to Argentina, social movements in the 1990s and especially in the 2000s, have reached new heights of popular participation. There is a lack of research on the politics of this region in the contemporary era of globalization, this volume partially fills the void and offers a rich resource to students, scholars and the general public in terms of understanding the politics of mass mobilization in the early twenty-first century. The contributors each address social movement activity in their own nation and together they present a multidisciplinary perspective on the topic. Each chapter uses a case study design to bring out the most prominent attributes of the particular social struggle(s), for instance the main protagonists in the campaigns, the grievances of the population and the outcomes of the struggles. This Handbook is divided into seven substantive themes, providing overall coherence to a broad range of social conflicts across countries, issues and social groups. These themes include: 1) theory of Latin American social movements; 2) neoliberalism; 3) indigenous struggles; 4) women’s movements; 5) movements and the State; 6) environmental movements; and 7) transnational mobilizations.