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Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions

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  • © 2019

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Editors:
  1. Henri Gooren

    1. Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice, Oakland University, Rochester, USA

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  • A comprehensive reference that covers all major religions, beliefs and practices in Latin America
  • Views Latin American religions in dynamic interaction with other religions of Latin American origin and with religions which did not originate in Latin America but have been a lasting feature of its religious landscape
  • Takes into account the growing influence and role of the Diaspora in understanding Latin American religious traditions and religious identity
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Religions of the World (REWO)

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Table of contents (445 entries)

  1. A

    1. Allen, A. A.

      • Chas. H. Barfoot
      Pages 72-76

    2. Alternative Therapies

      • Rodrigo Toniol
      Pages 76-80

    3. Andean Mysticism

      • Carlos Steil, Raquel Sonemann
      Pages 80-83

    4. Anthroposophy

      • Raquel Litterio de Bastos
      Pages 83-87

    5. Anticlerical Laws in Costa Rica, 1884

      • José Aurelio Sandí Morales
      Pages 87-91

    6. Anticlericalism in Argentina

      • Roberto Di Stefano, José Zanca
      Pages 91-97

    7. Aparecida Conference (CELAM V)

      • Alejandro Crosthwaite O. P.
      Pages 98-102

    8. Arab Union of Cuba

      • Lina Jardines del Cueto
      Pages 102-104

    9. Argentina

      • Gustavo Morello SJ
      Pages 104-112

    10. Art of Living

      • Antonio Genivaldo Cordeiro de Oliveira
      Pages 112-113

    11. Articles of Faith, Twelve

      • Rubia R. Valente
      Pages 113-115

    12. Ashkenazi

      • Adriana Hernández Gómez de Molina
      Pages 115-118

    13. Assemblies of God in Brazil

      • Gedeon Freire de Alencar
      Pages 118-123

    14. Assemblies of God in Latin America

      • Christopher Wilson
      Pages 123-128

    15. Astrology

      • Silas Guerriero
      Pages 128-132

    16. Atheism and Agnosticism in Cuba

      • Maximiliano Trujillo
      Pages 132-137

    17. Atheism and Nonreligion in Latin America, Geography

      • Matías Bargsted, Nicolás M. Somma, Eduardo Valenzuela
      Pages 137-142

    18. Atheism in Brazil

      • Paula Montero, Rafael Quintanilha
      Pages 142-147

    19. Atheism, Agnosticism, and People Without Religion in Chile

      • Eduardo Valenzuela
      Pages 147-151
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This encyclopedia provides an overview of the main religions of Latin America and the Caribbean, both its centralized transnational expressions and its local variants and schisms. These main religions include (but are not limited to) the major expressions of Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Pentecostalism, Mormonism, and Jehovah’s Witnesses), indigenous religions (Native American, Maya religion), syncretic Christianity (including Afro-Brazilian religions like Umbanda and Candomblé and Afro-Caribbean religions like Vodun and Santería), other world religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam), transnational New Religious Movements (Scientology, Unification Church, Hare Krishna, New Age, etc.), and new local religions (Brazil’s Igreja Universal, La Luz del Mundo from Mexico, etc.).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice, Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Henri Gooren

About the editor

Henri Gooren is a Dutch cultural anthropologist working especially on conversion and Pentecostalism, Protestantism, Mormonism, and Roman Catholicism in Latin America.  His main books are Rich among the Poor (1999) and Religious Disaffiliation and Conversion: Tracing Patterns of Change in Faith Practices (2010).  Gooren conducted Templeton-sponsored research on the Pentecostalization of religion and society in Paraguay and Chile in 2010-12.  He published 20 chapters in books and 17 articles in journals, such as Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Exchange, Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, PentecoStudies, and Dialogue. Gooren is affiliated with Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. 

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