The gospel in Latin America : historical studies in evangelicalism and the global south / edited by David W. Bebbington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bebbington, David W., 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism.

Church history.

Latin America--Church history--20th century.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 243 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2022]

Summary:

The shift of the center of gravity in world Christianity from the Global North to the Global South was arguably the most important development in the faith during the twentieth century. One of the most salient dimensions within that broader evolution was the rise of evangelical Protestantism in Latin America, once a Roman Catholic stronghold. In the early twenty-first century a high percentage of Latin America was Pentecostal, but there had also been significant growth of other denominations, including Methodists and Baptists. By 2019 an estimated 19 percent of the population of Latin America identified as evangelicals. The Gospel in Latin Americ a includes a broad range of studies in the history of Latin American evangelicalism from experts in the field. Five chapters address issues affecting the whole of Latin America, including the relationship of evangelicalism to demography and the rise of the political ideology of Dominionism. A further five concentrate on developments in specific nations, such as evangelical intellectual life in Brazil and the forging of evangelical identity in Argentina. Pentecostalism is included, but space is given to the full range of religious groups. Politics is not omitted, but the volume's main concern is the core religious priorities of the movement associated with the spread of the gospel.

Contents:

Looking South: Latin America and Charismatic Renewal in the United States and United Kingdom, 1945-1980 / John Maiden

Theological Revolution in Latin American Evangelicalism of the 1970s / J. Daniel Salinas

Buried Giant: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and Political Power in Latin America / Virginia Garrard

Fertility and Faith: Latin America and the Limits of Evangelical Growth / Philip Jenkins

Historiography of Latin American Evangelicalism / David C. Kirkpatrick

Evangelical Conceptions of History, Racial Difference, and Social Change in Brazil, 1900-1940 / Pedro Feitoza

Indigenization and Believers' Accounts of Pentecostal Faith in Chile, 1910-1920 / Joseph Florez

Creation of the Argentine Evangelical Identity / Matt Marostica

Evangelicals in Peruvian Politics: From Impossible Theocracy to Political Influencers, 1990-2019 / Veronique Lecaros

Brazilian Immigrants and Evangelicalism in South Florida since 1990 / Matheus Reis.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781481317252

1481317253

OCLC:

1350840273