Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions

Author:   Henri Gooren
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
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9783319270777


Pages:   1665
Publication Date:   11 October 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions


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This encyclopedia provides an overview of the main religions of Latin America and the Caribbean, both its centralized transnational expressions and its local variants and schisms. These main religions include (but are not limited to) the major expressions of Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Pentecostalism, Mormonism, and Jehovah’s Witnesses), indigenous religions (Native American, Maya religion), syncretic Christianity (including Afro-Brazilian religions like Umbanda and Candomblé and Afro-Caribbean religions like Vodun and Santería), other world religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam), transnational New Religious Movements (Scientology, Unification Church, Hare Krishna, New Age, etc.), and new local religions (Brazil’s Igreja Universal, La Luz del Mundo from Mexico, etc.).

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Author:   Henri Gooren
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   4.222kg
ISBN:  

9783319270777


ISBN 10:   331927077
Pages:   1665
Publication Date:   11 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Adventism in Argentina;- Adventism in Colombia;- Adventism in Cuba;- Adventism in Mexico;- Adventism in Panama;- Adventism in Puerto Rico;- Adventism in the Dominican Republic;- Adventism in Venezuela;- Adventism, Eight Laws of Health;- Adventism, Pillars;- Adventist Global Mission;- Afro American Religious and New Age Practices;- Age of Aquarius;- Agnosticism and People Without Religion in Brazil;- Agnosticism, Atheism, and People Without Religion in Colombia;- Agnosticism, Atheism, Population without Religion in Guatemala;- Agnostics and Atheists in Mexico;- All Souls’ Day;- Allen, A. A.;- Alternative Therapies;- Andean Mysticism;- Anthroposophy;- Anticlerical Laws in Costa Rica, 1884;- Anticlericalism in Argentina;- Aparecida Conference (CELAM V);- Arab Union of Cuba;- Argentina;- Art of Living;- Articles of Faith, Twelve;- Ashkenazi;- Assemblies of God in Brazil;- Assemblies of God in Latin America;- Astrology;- Atheism and Agnosticism in Cuba;- Atheism and Nonreligion in Latin America, Geography;- Atheism in Brazil;- Atheism, Agnosticism, and People Without Religion in Chile;- Bahia Muslim Slaves Rebellion;- etc.

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Henri Gooren is a Dutch cultural anthropologist working especially on conversion and Pentecostalism, Protestantism, Mormonism, and Roman Catholicism in Latin America.  His main books are Rich among the Poor (1999) and Religious Disaffiliation and Conversion: Tracing Patterns of Change in Faith Practices (2010).  Gooren conducted Templeton-sponsored research on the Pentecostalization of religion and society in Paraguay and Chile in 2010-12.  He published 20 chapters in books and 17 articles in journals, such as Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Exchange, Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, PentecoStudies, and Dialogue. Gooren is affiliated with Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. 

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