Tongues of fire
Subtitle: the explosion of Protestantism in Latin America
By: David Martin ; with a foreword by Peter Berger.
Publisher: B. Blackwell
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Protestant churches -- Latin America.; Evangelicalism -- Latin America.; Pentecostal churches -- Latin America.; Latin America -- Church history.
Description: "Martin, a leading authority in the sociology of religion, here looks at a recent and largely unstudied phenomenon: the rapid growth of evangelicalism in Latin America, in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Central America, and the Caribbean. This growth is compared to similar growth in South Korea and Africa. Martin discusses spiritual gifts and conversions in terms of the changing socioeconomic situation, carefully analyzing the relationship of Anglo-American and Latin American cultures. He notes especially the appeal of Pentecostalism to the newly urbanized poor, to whom it provides a nonintellectual style and a protective network where skills in self-expression and leadership can be developed. An excellent scholarly analysis that is accessible to the average reader and provides a good bibliography as well ..."--C. Robert Nixon, M.L.S., Lafayette, Ind. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-343) and indexes.