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Christianity in Latin America
A History

Authors:
Justo L. González, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia
Ondina E. González, Agnes Scott College, Decatur

Date Published: January 2008
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521681926

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From the arrival of the conquistadores in the fifteenth century to the spread of the Pentecostal movement today, Christianity has moulded, coerced, refashioned, and enriched Latin America. Likewise, Christianity has been changed, criticized, and renewed as it crossed the Atlantic. These changes now affect its practice and understanding, not only in South and Central America and the Caribbean, but also - through immigration and global communication - around the world. Focusing on this mutually constitutive relationship, Christianity in Latin America presents the important encounters between people, ideas, and events of this large, heterogeneous subject. In doing so, it takes readers on a fascinating journey of explorers, missionaries, farmers, mystics, charlatans, evangelists, dictators, and martyrs. This book offers an accessible and engaging review of the history of Christianity in Latin America with a widely ecumenical focus to foster understanding of the various forces shaping both Christianity and the region.
- Covers the often neglected long colonial period and stretches to consider current issues in Roman Catholicism and Pentecostalism
- Focuses on the lives of the believers for a more detailed exploration
- Written in an engaging narrative style ideal for students
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'Christianity in Latin America is an excellent introduction for those wishing to study the impact of Christianity on a continent and its impact beyond.' Church History
'This book is a good introduction to the extremely complex issue of Christianity in Latin America. … There is no doubt that [it] will prove to be a very valuable textbook in survey courses dealing with the Church in Latin America. It could also be profitably used in survey courses of Latin American history to provide a unique topical focus.' Catholic Historical Review
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- Date Published: January 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521681926
- length: 344 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 152 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.47kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Foundations
2. The arrival of Christianity
3. The shaping of faith
4. Reform movements
5. The church in turmoil
6. The church's new place
7. Protestant immigrants
8. An expanding Protestant presence
9. Catholicism after Vatican II
10. Pentecostalism and autochthonous movements
11. By way of conclusion.
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- Christianity in Latin America
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Justo L. González, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia
Ondina E. González is visiting professor at Agnes Scott College and Emory University. She is co-editor of the forthcoming Raising an Empire: Children in Early Modern Iberia and Colonial Latin America.
Ondina E. González, Agnes Scott College, Decatur
Justo L. González has taught historical theology at various institutions, including Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and Columbia Theological Seminary. For the past thirty years, he has developed programs for the theological education of Hispanics. His numerous books on church history have been translated into several languages and are widely used throughout the world.