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In recent history, Latin America’s religious landscape has been transformed, not only by Pentecostal/Evangelical growth but also by an increasing diversification of Pentecostalism. Moving beyond classical scholarly explanations of why Pentecostalism originally gained a foothold in a Catholic region, the book at hand explores this diversification.
List of contents
Introduction: New Ways of Being Pentecostal in Latin America, Martin Lindhardt
1. Latin American Charisma: The Pentecostalization of Christianity in the Region, Andrew Chesnut
2. Glocalization and Protestant and Catholic Contestations in the Brazilian Religious Economy, Stephen Hunt
3. Catholic Pentecostals-The Betwixt Identity and Increasing Influence of Catholic Charismatics in Guatemala, Jakob Egeris Thorsen
4. Time to Move On: Pentecostal Church Shifting and Religious Competition in Chile, Martin Lindhardt
5. Pentecostal Congregations and Religious Competition in Rural Mexico, Toomas Gross
6. Growing Up Pentecostal in Brazil: Parents, Children and the Transfer of Faith, George St. Clair
7. 'We, the Youth, Need to be Effusive': Pentecostal Youth Culture in Chile, Martin Lindhardt
8. To Serve or to Save: The Social Commitment of Chilean Evangelicals (1990-2014), Evguenia Fediakova
9. Pentecostal Conversion Careers, Generational Effects, and Political Involvement in Latin America, Henri Gooren
10. Toward a Pentecostal Hermeneutics of Social Engagement in Central America? Bridging the Church and the World in El Salvador and Guatemala, Virginia Garrard-Burnett
11. Speaking up against Abortion and Homosexuality: Pentecostalism and Politics in Contemporary Brazil, Maria das Dores Campos Machado
Afterword, David Martin and Bernice Martin
About the author
Martin Lindhardt is associate professor of cultural sociology at the University of Southern Denmark.Martin Lindhardt is associate professor of cultural sociology at the University of Southern Denmark.
Summary
In recent history, Latin America's religious landscape has been transformed, not only by Pentecostal/Evangelical growth but also by an increasing diversification of Pentecostalism. Moving beyond classical scholarly explanations of why Pentecostalism originally gained a foothold in a Catholic region, the book at hand explores this diversification.
