Conversion of a Continent

Contemporary Religious Change in Latin America

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19934014
AutoresTimothy J Steigenga
EditoresTimothy Steigenga, Edward L Cleary
Año2019
Páginas298
Fecha de publicación2019-12-31
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaConversion of a Continent: Contemporary Religious Change in Latin America (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialRutgers University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.36019/9780813544021
OpenAlexW4242372401
Open LibraryOL11349893M
ISBN9780813544021
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21

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 at the American immigrant community. Unlike other studies on religious conversion, 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. The thematic focus makes this volume important to students and scholars in both religious studies and Latin American studies

Geology · Religion, Society, and Development · Conversion · Latin America · Religion