Modernity of religiosities and beliefs : a new path in Latin America from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century / edited by Pablo Alberto Baisotti and Ricardo Martinez-Esquivel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baisotti, Pablo Alberto, editor.

Martínez Esquivel, Ricardo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Religion.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]

Summary:

In this book, contributors analyze the different religious ideas and worldviews present in Latin America, extending beyond Catholicism to encompass Judaism, Mormonism, Buddhism, Western esotericism, and more.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

I

II

III

IV

Notes

Part I: Beliefs and Religiosities in Only One God

Chapter 1: Catholicism, Faith, and Power : The Ways of "Being in The Modern World," between Vatican City State and the Nation-State Building Process in Latin America, From Independence to 1940

The Independences in Latin America and the "New Era" to Political Power: The Royal Patronage as Point of Contention between the Earthly and Spiritual Powers

The Liberalism vis-à-vis the Spiritual Power on Earth in Latin America: The Catalytic Conflict of the Encounter with the Modernity

New Menaces on the Horizon: The Catholicism and Its Fight against New Enemies until the 1930s

Conclusions

Bibliography

Chapter 2: Anticlericalism in Latin America: A Brief and Incomplete Overview

1

2

3

4

Chapter 3: Another Religion? Not an American Church?: Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) in Latin America

Another Religion

Not an American Church?

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Latin America

Some Final Considerations

Chapter 4: Space and Periphery: Toward a Latin American Jewish Philosophy 1

The Problem

The Link

From Object to Space

Hybrid Space: A Conclusion

Chapter 5: Interreligious Dialogue in Argentina in the Twentieth Century Up to the Pontificate of John Paul II: A Search for Peace, Understanding, and Tolerance

Historical Antecedents

Peace and Interreligious Dialogue

Conclusion

Part II: "New Cosmovisions"

Chapter 6: Contributions to Historical Studies on the Diffusion of Western Esotericism in Latin America

Introduction.

Contributions to Historical Studies on the Diffusion of Western Esotericism in Latin America

First Stage: Latin American Esotericism between 1870 and 1930

Second Stage: Latin American Esotericism between 1930 and "circa" 1980

Conclusions and Openings

Chapter 7: The Nineteenth-Century Central American Masonic Project, Modernity, and the Catholic Church

V

VI

Chapter 8: Theosophical Development in the Pan-Hispanic World (1890-1930)

Chapter 9: Spiritism in Latin America at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and México

Spiritism in Argentina2

Spiritism in Brazil

Spiritism in Mexico

Chapter 10: Manifestations of Commercialized Buddhism in Latin America: A Systematic Approach

Chapter 11: The Cult of Personality as a Quasi-Religion: Latin American Presidents and Dictators (1930-2013)

Chapter 12: An Approach to Compatibility between Socialist Governments and Christianity in Latin America

"Socialisms" and Christianities

Abortion and Gender Equality: The Hurdles of Coexistence

Index

About the Authors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-7936-5489-1

OCLC:

1256592461