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Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America

In Latin America, evangelical Protestantism poses an increasing challenge to Catholicism's long-established religious hegemony. At the same time, the region is among the most generally democratic outside the West, despite often being labeled as 'underdeveloped.' Scholars disagree whether Latin American Protestantism, as a fast-growing and predominantly lower-class phenomenon, will encourage a political culture that is repressive and authoritarian, or if it will have democratizing effects. Drawing from a range of sources, iEvangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America/i provides case studies of five countries: Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. The contributors, mainly scholars based in Latin America, bring first hand-knowledge to their chapters. The result is a groundbreaking work that explores the relationship between Latin American evangelicalism and politics, its influences, manifestations, and prospects for the future.

Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Latin America is one of four volumes in the series Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South, which seeks to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion - Islam - fuels vexed debate among analysts the world over, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective on a critical issue: the often combustible interaction of resurgent religion and the developing world's unstable politics.

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Judul Seri
Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in the Global South
No. Panggil
322.1098 Fre E
Penerbit
USA : OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.,
Deskripsi Fisik
281 pageS
Bahasa
English
ISBN/ISSN
978-0-19-517476-2
Klasifikasi
322.1098
Tipe Isi
text
Tipe Media
computer
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-
Edisi
1st Edition
Subjek
Democracy—Religious aspects—Christianity
Evangelicalism—Political aspects—Latin America
Christianity and politics—Latin America
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