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Pluralism and the Churching of Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rodney Stark  and
Buster G. Smith
Rodney Stark
Affiliation:
Baylor University
Buster G. Smith
Affiliation:
Catawba College
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Abstract

Reliable data on Protestant and Catholic membership in 18 Latin American nations show that Protestants have recruited a larger percentage of the population in many nations than previously estimated. Analysis of these data shows that, as predicted by the theory of religious economies, the Catholic Church has been invigorated by the Protestant challenge: Catholic mass attendance has risen to unprecedented levels, and is highest in nations where Protestants have made the greatest gains.

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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , Summer 2012 , pp. 35 - 50
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Copyright © University of Miami 2012

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