Soul of Development - Biblical Christianity and Economic Transformation in Guatemala

Zusatztext There is much to like about this book ... The writing is crisp and polemical Klappentext Ever since Max Weber started an argument about the role of Protestantism in jump-starting northern Europe's economic development! scholars have clashed over the influence of religion and culture on a society's (or an individual's) economic prospects. Today! many wonder whether the "explosion"of Protestantism in Latin America will effect a similar wave of growth and democratization. In this book! Sherman compiles the results of her field study and national survey of 1000 rural Guatemalan households. She offers persuasive evidence that! in Guatemala and throughout the region! religiousworld-views significantly influence economic life. Sherman explains how the change in attitude and behavior that accompanies conversion from animism to a Biblically orthodox world-view has improved the domestic welfare and economic status of many families. Further! she asserts that this newattitude! sympathetic to democratic-capitalism! has created a "moral cultural soil" in which freedom! personal empowerment! an enhanced status for women! and a desire to get ahead can be nurtured. Zusammenfassung Sherman argues that Latin America's Protestant revival is likely to help the prospects for the region's economic growth and democratic development. Focusing on Guatemala's rural poor, she explains how conversion from animism to a Biblically orthodox world-view has improved the domestic welfare and economic status of many families.

Product details

• Authors: Amy L. Sherman, Amy L. (Visiting Fellow Sherman, Sherman Amy L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1996
• EAN: 9780195106718
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510671-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Religion in America; Religion in America Life (Hard; Religion in America
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Economic theory & philosophy, c 1950 to c 1959, C 1945 To C 1960, Economic theory and philosophy, Central America, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, Mexico and Central America