Christianity in Latin America : a history / Ondina E. González, Justo L. González.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González, Ondina E., 1958-

Contributor:

González, Justo L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Church history.

Latin America.

Church history.

Physical Description:

xii, 331 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

From the arrival of the conquistadores in the fifteenth century to the spread of the Pentecostal movement today, Christianity has molded coerced, refashioned, and enriched Latin America. Likewise, Christianity has been changed, challenged, and renewed as it crossed the Atlantic. These changes now affect its practice and understanding, not only in South and Central America and the Caribbean, but also-through immigration and global communication - around the world.

Focusing on this mutually constitutive relationship, Christianity in Latin America presents the important encounters between people, ideas, and events of this large, heterogeneous subject. In doing so, it takes readers on a fascinating journey of explorers, missionaries, farmers, mystics, charlatans, evangelists, dictators, and martyrs. This book offers in accessible and engaging review of the history of Christianity in Latin America with a widely ecumenical focus to foster understanding of the various forces shaping both Christianity and the region.

Contents:

Foundations

The arrival of Christianity

The shaping of the faith

Reform movements

The church in turmoil

The church's new place

Protestant immigrants

An expanding Protestant presence

Catholicism after Vatican II

Pentecostalism and autochthonous movements

By way of conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-322) and index.

ISBN:

9780521863292

0521863295

9780521681926

0521681928

OCLC:

123968097

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