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Conversion of a Continent: Contemporary Religious Change in Latin America
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Paperback. Brings together twelve original essays that document and explore competing explanations for how and why conversion has occurred. This volume pays close attention to who converts, under what circumstances, the meaning of conversion to the individual, and how the change affects converts' beliefs and actions. Editor(s): Steigenga, Timothy J.; Cleary, Edward L. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJP; HRCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
A massive religious transformation has unfolded over the past forty years in Latin America and the Caribbean. In a region where the Catholic Church could once claim a near monopoly of adherents, religious pluralism has fundamentally altered the social and religious landscape.
Conversion of a Continent brings together twelve original essays that document and explore competing explanations for how and why conversion has occurred. Contributors draw on various insights from social movement theory to religious studies to help outline its impact on national attitudes and activities, gender relations, identity politics, and reverse waves of missions from Latin America aimed ... Read more
A massive religious transformation has unfolded over the past forty years in Latin America and the Caribbean. In a region where the Catholic Church could once claim a near monopoly of adherents, religious pluralism has fundamentally altered the social and religious landscape.
Conversion of a Continent brings together twelve original essays that document and explore competing explanations for how and why conversion has occurred. Contributors draw on various insights from social movement theory to religious studies to help outline its impact on national attitudes and activities, gender relations, identity politics, and reverse waves of missions from Latin America aimed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813542027
SKU
V9780813542027
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Ref
99-15
About
TIMOTHY J. STEIGENGA is an associate professor of political science and Latin American studies at the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University. He is coeditor (with Cleary) of Resurgent Voices in Latin America: Indigenous Peoples, Political Mobilization, and Religious Change (Rutgers University Press). EDWARD L. CLEARY is a professor of political science and the director of Latin American ... Read more
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