All religions are good in Tzintzuntzan : evangelicals in Catholic Mexico / Peter S. Cahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cahn, Peter S., 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian sociology--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan.

Christian sociology.

Evangelicalism--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan.

Evangelicalism.

Evangelicalism--Relations--Catholic Church.

Church and social problems--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan.

Church and social problems.

Tzintzuntzan (Mexico)--Church history--20th century.

Tzintzuntzan (Mexico).

Catholic Church--Mexico--History--20th century.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Relations--Evangelicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the 1960s, evangelical Christian denominations have made converts throughout much of Roman Catholic Latin America, causing clashes of faith that sometimes escalate to violence. Yet in one Mexican town, Tzintzuntzan, the appearance of new churches has provoked only harmony. Catholics and evangelicals alike profess that "all religions are good," a sentiment not far removed from "here we are all equal," which was commonly spoken in the community before evangelicals arrived. In this paradigm-challenging study, Peter Cahn investigates why the coming of evangelical churches to Tzintzuntzan has produced neither the interfaith clashes nor the economic prosperity that evangelical conversion has brought to other communities in Mexico and Latin America. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, he demonstrates that the evangelicals' energetic brand of faith has not erupted into violence because converts continue to participate in communal life, while Catholics, in turn, participate in evangelical practices. He also underscores how Tzintzuntzan's integration into global economic networks strongly motivates the preservation of community identity and encourages this mutual borrowing. At the same time, however, Cahn concludes that the suppression of religious difference undermines the revolutionary potential of religion.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE Confronting Interreligious Violence

ONE. SHARING THE BURDEN OF FIESTAS ACROSS BORDERS

TWO. DRINKING AND THE DIVINE IN CHIAPAS AND TZINTZUNTZAN

THREE. ACCOUNTING FOR MISSIONARIES AND MONEY

FOUR. RESPONDING TO THE MINORITY: CATHOLIC SELF-IMPROVEMENT

FIVE. RESPONDING TO THE MAJORITY: DOCTRINAL DISOBEDIENCE

SIX. CONSIDERING THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONVERSION

CONCLUSION Mobilizing Religion

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-191) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79870-9

OCLC:

648315065