Evangelicals and electoral politics in Latin America : a kingdom of this world / Taylor C. Boas, Boston University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boas, Taylor C., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism--Political aspects--Latin America.

Evangelicalism.

Religious right--Latin America.

Religious right.

Latin America--Politics and government--21st century.

Latin America.

Christianity and politics--Latin America.

Christianity and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Why are religious minorities well represented and politically influential in some democracies but not others? Focusing on evangelical Christians in Latin America, this book argues that religious minorities seek and gain electoral representation when they face significant threats to their material interests and worldview, and when their community is not internally divided by cross-cutting cleavages. Differences in Latin American evangelicals' political ambitions emerged as a result of two critical junctures: episodes of secular reform in the early twentieth century and the rise of sexuality politics at the turn of the twenty-first. In Brazil, significant threats at both junctures prompted extensive electoral mobilization; in Chile, minimal threats meant that mobilization lagged. In Peru, where major cleavages divide both evangelicals and broader society, threats prompt less electoral mobilization than otherwise expected. The multi-method argument leverages interviews, content analysis, survey experiments, ecological analysis, and secondary case studies of Colombia, Costa Rica, and Guatemala.

Contents:

Explaining Evangelical Representation

Voting Behavior and Political Institutions

Growth, Diversity, and Political Theology

Threats and Political Engagement in Brazil

Comfort and Political Quiescence in Chile

Cleavages and Political Ambivalence in Peru

Conclusions and Comparative Perspectives.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009275088 (ebook)

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