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Religious development in the Caribbean country of Guyana begins with the religious practices of the various indigenous peoples. Its current form shows a steady presence of Hinduism and a notable decline in all Christian traditions other than Pentecostal churches.
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Guyana is a nation of numerous rivers and a rain forest that occupies almost two-thirds of its land area. Within continental South America, it borders Venezuela, Suriname, and Brazil. Its historic past as a British colony leads to its common classification as a Caribbean country. Based on the 2012 census, the population of Guyana is approximately 746,955 (Bureau of Statistics of the Government of Guyana 2016: 5). Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America. In the seventeenth century, Guyana was originally a Dutch colony but by 1815 came under British control. Ethnically, Guyana comprises people of African, East Indian, Amerindian, European, Chinese, and Portuguese descent. Each of...
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Jean, A. (2019). Guyana. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_352-1
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