Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas
Contributors: Anna Lisa Peterson (Editor); Manuel A. Vasquez (Editor); Philip J. Williams (Editor)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780813529318
Subjects: American studies; Christianity; Globalization; Sociology, Social Studies; United States; Religion; Comparative Religion; Christianity - History - General; Social Science; Religion - World Religions; Peru; The Americas; El Salvador; Sociology of Religion; 20th century; Social conditions; Latin America - General; Christianity and culture; Church history; Latin Americans
First sentence: Christianity wears many faces in Latin America and U.S. Latino communities today: Pentecostal preachers in central plazas and black-robed priests in cavernous cathedrals, peasants leading "celebrations of the word," and teenagers singing rock-and-roll anthems to Christ.