Christianity in Latin America
A History
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- Authors:
- Justo L. González, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia
- Ondina E. González, Agnes Scott College, Decatur
- Date Published: November 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521681926
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Christianity has had an undeniable impact on Latin America, which has in turn transformed Christianity itself. Focusing on this mutually constitutive relationship, Christianity in Latin America presents the important encounters between people, ideas, and events of this large, heterogeneous subject. 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.
Read more- Covers the often neglected long colonial period and stretches to consider current issues in Roman Catholicism and Pentecostalism
- Focuses on the lives of the believers for a more detailed exploration
- Written in an engaging narrative style ideal for students
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"Ondina and Justo Gonzalez provide a good general overview of the history of Christianity in Latin America...Gonzalez and Gonzalez summarize the depth and complexity of Latin American Christian history in a single, digestible volume." --Matthew Aaron Tennant, University of Oxford: Anglican Theological Review
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- Date Published: November 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521681926
- length: 344 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 152 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.47kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Foundations
2. The arrival of Christianity
3. The shaping of faith
4. Reform movements
5. The church in turmoil
6. The church's new place
7. Protestant immigrants
8. An expanding Protestant presence
9. Catholicism after Vatican II
10. Pentecostalism and autochthonous movements
11. By way of conclusion.
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