Tongues of Fire

The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin America

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

Now available in paperback, Tongues of Fire deals with one of the most extraordinary developments in the world today - the rapid spread of Evangelical Protestantism in vast areas of the underdeveloped societies, notable Latin America. The growth of Evangelical Protestantism since the 1960's from its epicentre in the United States has been a religious and social phenomenon of extraordinary proportions. David Martin, one of the world's leading authorities on the sociology of religion, examines this remarkable phenomenon, taking account of how the religious elements have affected and have been affected by the cultural and political conditions and the future of the Americas, but also by those concerned with the relation of religion and social change throughout the contemporary world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-07-29
Mått:157 x 231 x 20 mm
Vikt:595 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9780631189145

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David Martin is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Honorary Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. He has published numerous books including Tongues of Fire, Does Christianity Cause War? and A General Theory of Secularisation. He is generally regarded as one of the most influential sociologists of religion writing today.

Innehållsförteckning

Anglo and latin: rival civilizations, alternative patterns The Methodist model: Anglo-American cultural production reproduced in Latin AmericaProfiles of evangelical advance in Latin AmericaBrazil: largest society and most dramatic instanceThe southern cone: Chile and the Argentine contrastedSmaller contrasting societiesEcuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and MexicoCaribbean comparisons: Jamaica and Trinidad; Puerto Rico and HaitiInstructive parallels: South Korea and South AfricaNew spiritual communications: healing and tongues; songs and storiesConversions: transformations and turning pointsProtestantism and economic culture: evidence reviewedThe body politic and the spirit: evidence reviewedThe argument summarized and extended