Freshly Printed - allow 7 days lead
Couldn't load pickup availability
Tongues of Fire
The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin America
David Martin (Author)
9780631189145, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 29 July 1993
368 pages
23.1 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.595 kg
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.
Anglo and latin: rival civilizations, alternative patterns The Methodist model: Anglo-American cultural production reproduced in Latin America Profiles of evangelical advance in Latin America Brazil: largest society and most dramatic instance The southern cone: Chile and the Argentine contrasted Smaller contrasting societies Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico Caribbean comparisons: Jamaica and Trinidad; Puerto Rico and Haiti Instructive parallels: South Korea and South Africa New spiritual communications: healing and tongues; songs and stories Conversions: transformations and turning points Protestantism and economic culture: evidence reviewed The body politic and the spirit: evidence reviewed The argument summarized and extended
Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]
