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Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2012
Print publication year:
2007
Online ISBN:
9780511803543

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From the arrival of the conquistadores in the fifteenth century to the spread of the Pentecostal movement today, Christianity has moulded, coerced, refashioned, and enriched Latin America. Likewise, Christianity has been changed, criticized, and renewed as it crossed the Atlantic. These changes now affect its practice and understanding, not only in South and Central America and the Caribbean, but also - through immigration and global communication - around the world. Focusing on this mutually constitutive relationship, Christianity in Latin America presents the important encounters between people, ideas, and events of this large, heterogeneous subject. In doing so, it takes readers on a fascinating journey of explorers, missionaries, farmers, mystics, charlatans, evangelists, dictators, and martyrs. This book offers an accessible and engaging review of the history of Christianity in Latin America with a widely ecumenical focus to foster understanding of the various forces shaping both Christianity and the region.

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'Christianity in Latin America is an excellent introduction for those wishing to study the impact of Christianity on a continent and its impact beyond.'

Source: Church History

'This book is a good introduction to the extremely complex issue of Christianity in Latin America. … There is no doubt that [it] will prove to be a very valuable textbook in survey courses dealing with the Church in Latin America. It could also be profitably used in survey courses of Latin American history to provide a unique topical focus.'

Source: Catholic Historical Review

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Contents

Some Suggestions for Further Reading
Sources Referenced
Sources referenced
Chapter 1: foundations
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Chapter 2: the arrival of christianity
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Chapter 3: the shaping of the faith
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Chapter 4: reform movements
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Chapter 5: the church in turmoil
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Mead, Karen. “Gender, Welfare and the Catholic Church in Argentina: Conferencias de Señoras de San Vicente de Paúl, 1890–1916.” The Americas 58, no. 1 (July 2001): 91–119.
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Román, Reinaldo L.Spiritists versus Spirit-mongers: Julia Vázquez and the Struggle for Progress in 1920s Puerto Rico.” Centro Journal 14, no. 2 (Fall 2002): 27–43.
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Chapter 6: the church's new place
Brown, Diana De G., and Bick, Mario. “Religion, Class, and Context: Continuities and Discontinuities in Brazilian Umbanda.” American Ethnologist 14, no. 1 (February 1987): 73–93.
Hortal, Jesús. “Instituições eclesiásticas e evangelização no Brasil.” In Missão da igreja no Brasil. São Paulo: Edições Loyola, 1973.
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Pineda, Ana María. “Imágenes de Dios en el camino: Retablos, Ex-votos, Milagritos, and Murals.” Theological Studies 65, no. 2 (June 2004): 364–379.
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Chapter 7: protestant immigration
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Chapter 9: catholicism after vatican ii
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Boff, Leonardo . Iglesia, carisma e poder: Ensayos de eclesiología militante. Bogota: Indo-American Press Service, 1982. Translated by John Dierksmeyer under the title Church, Charisma and Power: Liberation Theology and the Institutional Church (New York: Crossroads Publishing Co., 1985).
Cardenal, Ernesto. El evangelio en Solentiname. Salamanca: Ediciones Sígueme, 1975–1977. Translated by Donald D. Walsh under the title Gospel in Solentiname (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1976–1978).
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Gutiérrez, Gustavo. En busca de los pobres de Jesucristo. Lima: Instituto Bartolomé de las Casas-Rimac, 1992. Translated by Robert R. Barr under the title Las Casas: In Search of the Poor of Jesus Christ (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1993).
Gutiérrez, Gustavo. Teología de la liberación: Perspectivas. Lima: CEP, 1971. Translated by Sister Caridad Inda and John Eagleson under the title Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 1973).
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Lewis, Oscar. The Children of Sánchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family. New York: Random House, 1961.
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Segundo, Juan Luis. Teología abierta para el laico adulto. 5 vols. Buenos Aires: Ediciones C. Lohlé, 1968–1972. Translated by John Drury under the title A Theology for Artisans of a New Humanity (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1973–1974).
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Chapter 10: pentecostalism and autochthonous movements
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