Competitive Spirits Latin America''s New Religious Economy

Zusatztext "This is a very rare achievement: first rate history combined with an admirable grasp of social science, expressed in stylish prose. The result is a work of very great significance that not only describes, but helps to explain, the remarkable religious changes going on in Latin America."--Rodney Stark, University of Washington Klappentext R. Andrew Chestnut shows how the development of religious pluralism over the past half-century has radically transformedthe 'spiritual economy' of Latin America. he notes, for example, that women make up the majority of the religious and consumer market, and explores how the three groups have developed to satisfy women's tastes and preferences. Zusammenfassung R. Andrew Chestnut shows how the development of religious pluralism over the past half-century has radically transformedthe 'spiritual economy' of Latin America. he notes, for example, that women make up the majority of the religious and consumer market, and explores how the three groups have developed to satisfy women's tastes and preferences.

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• Authors: R.andrew Chesnut, R. Andrew Chesnut, R. Andrew (Professor of Latin American Hi Chesnut, R. Andrew (Professor of Latin American History Chesnut, Chesnut R. Andrew
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 25.01.2007
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780195314861
• ISBN: 978-0-19-531486-1
• Pages: 200
• Subjects: RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Religion & beliefs, Sociology & anthropology, Religion and beliefs, Sociology and anthropology, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities