Overview
- 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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Editors and Affiliations
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions
Editors: Henri Gooren
Series Title: Religions of the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Humanities
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27077-7Published: 11 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27078-4Published: 26 July 2019
Series ISSN: 2698-5535
Series E-ISSN: 2698-5543
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 1665
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Religious Studies, general, Regional and Cultural Studies, Cultural Studies