Propagandists of the Book : Protestant missions, Christian literacy, and the making of Brazilian evangelicalism / Pedro Feitoza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feitoza, Pedro, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protestantism--Brazil--History.

Protestantism.

Protestant churches--Missions--Brazil--History.

Protestant churches.

Religious literature--Distribution--Brazil--History.

Religious literature.

Brazil--Church history.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Pedro Feitoza traces the history of Protestantism in Brazil through an analysis of the production and circulation of evangelical texts. Examining a wide range of periodicals, tracts, correspondence, and other archival records and delving into the ideology of religious thinkers and evangelists of the time, Feitoza considers how Protestant veneration of the written word led to a complex infrastructure for the distribution of religious texts and the fostering of literacy in Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

A Note On Sources and Approaches

The Study of Latin American and Brazilian Evangelicalism

Christian Literacy and the Multiple Arenas of the Public Sphere

Outline of Chapters

1 Protestant Origins: Migrants, Missionaries, Local Leaders, and Religious Institutions

Immigrants and Missionaries

Religious Diffusion and the Rise of a Local Leadership

Creating Evangelical Institutions

Missionary Schools

The Missionary Publishing Enterprise

Conclusion

2 Bibles and Tracts in Motion

The British and Foreign Bible Society in Brazil

Colporteurs: Itinerant Vendors of Christian Literature

Epidemics, Economic Crises, and Political Chiefs

Catholic Reactions

A Transatlantic Circulation of Protestant Books

3 Doctrines in Motion

The Catholic Revival, the Religious Question, and Evangelical Responses

Evangelical Critique of Catholic Politics and Ethics

Evangelical Ideas in a Changing World

The Lusophone Brethren

4 The Dynamics of Religious Change

The Social and Political Contexts of Conversion

The Dissolution and Reconstitution of Social Bonds

Conversion, Conversation, and Literacy

The Reformation of Manners and Morals

Generation Change and the Evangelical Imagination

5 The Idea of Christian Cooperation

Collaboration and Competition in the Brazilian Religious Arena

Anti-Protestant Rhetoric and Mobilization

From Edinburgh to New York, Panama, and Rio De Janeiro: The Idea of Christian Cooperation

Braga and Pereira: Pan-American Integration and Missionary Views of Science and Race

6 The Rise of an Evangelical Intelligentsia

The Education of Protestant Ministers.

Social and Political Theologies in the Interwar Era

Biblical Theology, Higher Criticism, and Biblical Archaeology

Domesticating Evangelical Christianity

Protestant-Catholic Interactions

Hidden Innovators in Brazil's Religious Arena

Locating Evangelical Religion

Bibliography and Sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 8, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-776180-1

0-19-776178-X

OCLC:

1433027729