Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas
Contributors: Manuel A. Vasquez (Editor); Anna Lisa Peterson (Editor); Philip J. Williams (Editor)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780813529325
Subjects: Christianity; Globalization; Sociology, Social Studies; United States; Religion; Comparative Religion; Christianity - History - Protestant; Social Science; Religion - World Religions; Peru; The Americas; El Salvador; 20th century; Social conditions; Latin America - General; Sociology of Religion; 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.