Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions

Name: Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG
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AvHenri Gooren

Springer International Publishing AG

2019

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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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Märke:Springer International Publishing AG
Utgivningsdatum:2019-10-11
Höjd:178 x 254 x undefined mm
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Religions of the World
Antal sidor:1 665
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
EAN:9783319270777

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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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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.