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Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas

English · Paperback / Softback

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This interdisciplinary volume resulted from a three-year collaborative research project into the ways diverse Protestant and Catholic congregations in the Americas interpret and respond to the changes globalization has wrought. Contributors from the fields of religion, anthropology, political science, and sociology draw on fieldwork in Peru, El Salvador, and the United States to provide their own perspectives on economic globalization, migration, and the increasing religious pluralism in Latin America.Organized around three central themes -- family, youth, and community; democratization, citizenship, and political participation; and immigration and transnationalism -- the book argues first that, at the local level, religion helps people, especially women and youths, solidify their identities and confront challenges. The essays show religious communities to be both peaceful venues for people to voice their needs and forums for the building of participatory democracies in the Americas. Finally, the contributors look at communities of Peruvians and Salvadorans in the United States. They examine how religion enfranchises poor women, youths, and people displaced by war or economic change and, at the same time, drives social movements that seek to strengthen family and community bonds that have been disrupted by migration and political violence.Skillfully edited to cohere and complement each other, these essays represent an important contribution to our understanding of the many powerful forces shaping life in the Americas at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

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"The only way I can walk" / Anna Peterson
Religion and family / Rosa Castro Aguilar
Popular religion and the (Re)construction of community in Yungay / Philip Williams
Believers and neighbors / Hortensia Munoz
Faith and citizenship . Rosa Castro Aguilar
Rebuilding community in the wake of war / Ileana Gomez
Rethinking transnationalism / Larissa Ruiz Baia
Youth gangs and religion among salvadorans in Washington and El Salvador
Ileana Gomez and Manual Vasquez
"Upwards, never down" / Anna Peterson and Manuel Vasquez
The global and the local / Anna Peterson, Manuel Vasquez, and Philip Williams


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Peterson, Anna L

Summary

Organized around three central themes-family, youth, and community; democratization, citizenship, and political participation; and immigration and transnationalism-this book argues that, at the local level, religion helps people, especially women and youths, solidify their identities and confront the challenges of the modern world.

Product details

Assisted by Anna L. Peterson (Editor), Anna Lisa Peterson (Editor), Manuel A. Vasquez (Editor), Manuel A. Vásquez (Editor), Philip J. Williams (Editor)
Publisher Rutgers University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.06.2001
 
EAN 9780813529325
ISBN 978-0-8135-2932-5
No. of pages 278
Dimensions 233 mm x 156 mm x 19 mm
Weight 460 g
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography
Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics

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