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Latino Pentecostals in America: Faith and Politics in Action
Associate Professor Gaston Espinosa
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Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: HR. Dimension: 148 x 230 x 34. Weight in Grams: 796.
Every year an estimated 600,000 U.S. Latinos convert from Catholicism to Protestantism. Today, 12.5 million Latinos self-identify as Protestant--a population larger than all U.S. Jews and Muslims combined. Spearheading this spiritual transformation is the Pentecostal movement and Assemblies of God, which is the destination for one out of four converts. In a deeply researched social and cultural history, Gast n Espinosa uncovers the roots of this remarkable turn and the Latino AG's growing leadership nationwide. Latino Pentecostals in America traces the Latino AG back to the Azusa Street Revivals in Los Angeles and Apostolic Faith Revivals in ... Read more
Every year an estimated 600,000 U.S. Latinos convert from Catholicism to Protestantism. Today, 12.5 million Latinos self-identify as Protestant--a population larger than all U.S. Jews and Muslims combined. Spearheading this spiritual transformation is the Pentecostal movement and Assemblies of God, which is the destination for one out of four converts. In a deeply researched social and cultural history, Gast n Espinosa uncovers the roots of this remarkable turn and the Latino AG's growing leadership nationwide. Latino Pentecostals in America traces the Latino AG back to the Azusa Street Revivals in Los Angeles and Apostolic Faith Revivals in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
796g
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674970915
SKU
V9780674970915
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About Associate Professor Gaston Espinosa
Gast n Espinosa is Arthur V. Stoughton Professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College.
Reviews for Latino Pentecostals in America: Faith and Politics in Action
This is an excellent study of the Latino movement within the Assemblies of God (AG) denomination... This is finely crafted denominational history and, given the size and importance of Hispanics in the AG and in American Pentecostalism generally, it is an important resource for understanding the future of Christianity in North America.
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