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Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas
Anna Lisa Peterson (Ed.)
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Description for Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas
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This volume resulted from a collaborative research project into responses of Protestant and Catholic religious communities in the Americas to the challenges of globalization. Contributors from the fields of religion, anthropology, political science, and sociology draw on fieldwork in Peru, El Salvador, and the United States to show the interplay of economic globalization, migration, and growing religious pluralism in Latin America.Organized around three central themes-family, youth, and community; democratization, citizenship, and political participation; and immigration and transnationalism-the book argues that, at the local level, religion helps people, especially women and youths, solidify their identities and confront the challenges of the modern world. Religious communities are seen as both peaceful venues for people to articulate their needs, and forums for building participatory democracies in the Americas. Finally, the contributors examine how religion enfranchises poor women, youths, and people displaced by war or economic change and, at the same time, drives social movements that seek to strengthen family and community bonds disrupted by migration and political violence.
Product Details
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Brunswick, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813529325
SKU
V9780813529325
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