Protestantism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7076946
AutoresJean‐paul Willaime (autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Fecha de publicación2007-02-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoOTHER
RevistaThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosp113
OpenAlexW4243597196
ISBN9781405165518
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas8

Of the 2 billion Christians in the world today, Protestants make up about a quarter, while Roman Catholics represent a little over a half. If Protestant Christendom appeared in the sixteenth century within European Latin Christianity and represented a number of fractures within it, then it would be wrong to associate modern Protestantism with western society (especially with North America). Protestantism has become a world phenomenon, present in Asia (more than 25 percent of South Korea's population is Protestant), Latin America (at least 10 percent of its population), and Africa (17 percent of the population). In the year 2000, out of every 100 Protestants, 31 were in Africa, 25 in Europe, 17 in North America, 12 in Asia, 12 in Latin America, and 3 in Oceania (where they represent 42 percent of the population, the highest proportion in any continent) (Hillerbrand 2004

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