The Gospel in Latin America

Name: The Gospel in Latin America
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781481317221

Historical Studies in Evangelicalism and the Global South

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Edited by David W. Bebbington
Imprint: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: September 28, 2022
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 150 g
Pages: 256

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The shift of the center of gravity in world Christianity from the Global North to the Global South was arguably the most important development in the faith during the twentieth century. One of the most salient dimensions within that broader evolution was the rise of evangelical Protestantism in Latin America, once a Roman Catholic stronghold. In the early twenty-first century a high percentage of Latin America was Pentecostal, but there had also been significant growth of other denominations, including Methodists and Baptists. By 2019 an estimated 19 percent of the population of Latin America identified as evangelicals. The Gospel in Latin America includes a broad range of studies in the history of Latin American evangelicalism from experts in the field. Five chapters address issues affecting the whole of Latin America, including the relationship of evangelicalism to demography and the rise of the political ideology of Dominionism. A further five concentrate on developments in specific nations such as evangelical intellectual life in Brazil and the forging of evangelical identity in Argentina. Pentecostalism is included, but space is given to the full range of religious groups. Politics is not omitted, but the volume's main concern is the core religious priorities of the movement associated with the spread of the gospel.

David W. Bebbington is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Stirling in Scotland. He is the author of Baptists through the Centuries: A History of a Global People, Patterns in History: A Christian Perspective on Historical Thought, The Evangelical Quadrilateral: Characterizing the British Gospel Movement, and The Evangelical Quadrilateral: The Denominational Mosaic of the British Gospel Movement.

Foreword, by David W. Bebbington Introduction, by Ronald J. Morgan Part One: General Studies 1. Looking South, by John Maiden 2. The Theological Revolution in Latin American Evangelicalism of the 1970s, by J. Daniel Salinas 3. The Buried Giant, by Virginia Garrard 4. Fertility and Faith, by Philip Jenkins 5. The Historiography of Latin American Evangelicalism, by David C. Kirkpatrick Part Two: Particular Lands 6. Evangelical Conceptions of History, Racial Difference, and Social Change in Brazil, 1900-1940, by Pedro Feitoza 7. Indigenization and Believers' Accounts of Pentecostal Faith in Chile, 1910-1920, by Joseph Florez 8. The Creation of the Argentine Evangelical Identity, by Matt Marostica 9. Evangelicals in Peruvian Politics, by Veronique Lecaros 10. Brazilian Immigrants and Evangelicalism in South Florida since 1990, by Matheus Reis Afterword, by Ronald J. Morgan

A strength of this volume is the breadth of its scope, from issues of Latin American historiography to particular notions of Chilean Pentecostalism, thus accomplishing the goal of being a primer in helping the wider public become interested in a variety of topics helpful for beginning a future conversation. Additionally, one aspect this volume does well across various chapters is showing the transnational linkages of evangelicalism, whether through associations like the Fraternidad Teologica Latinoamericana, theological currents from the United States to Latin America and vice versa, or migrant communities. --Stephen Di Trolio, Princeton Theological Seminary "Journal of World Christianity" The Gospel in Latin America offers an excellent overview of the history and contemporary state of Latin American evangelicalism. It is a must-read for scholars of World Christianity, Latin American history and Latin American religion. --Erika Helgen "Bulletin of Latin American Research" This book merits a place in the research and exploration of the Latin American evangelical heritage and will serve as a catalyst for other local voices to corroborate or challenge the different theses presented. --J. Daniel Salinas "Journal of Latin American Theology"

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