Christianity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Description

This volume is the sixth in a series of reference works that takes the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail. It focuses on Christianity in Latin America and the Caribbean, covering every country and offering both reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes, and examines current trends. As a comprehensive account of the presence of Christianity in every country in Latin America, this volume will become a standard work of reference in its field. Contents Series Preface Volume Preface Contributors Introduction A Demographic Profile of Christianity in Latin America and the Caribbean • Gina A. Zurlo Christianity in Latin America and the Caribbean • Ana María Bidegain Countries Chile • Cristián G. Parker Argentina • Fortunato Mallimaci The Falkland Islands • Kenneth R. Ross Uruguay • Carolina Greising Paraguay • Ignacio Telesca and Magdalena López Bolivia • Luz Jiménez Quispe Brazil • Raimundo C. Barreto Peru • Catalina Romero-Cevallos Ecuador • Eloy Nolivos Colombia • William Elvis Plata Venezuela • Matilde Moros and Gremaud Angée Suriname • Franklin Jabini Panama • Claire Nevache Costa Rica • Miguel Picado Gatjens El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua • Luis Eduardo Aguilar Vásquez Guatemala • Santiago Otero fms and Claudia Dary Mexico • Yves Bernardo Roger Solis Nicot and Hugo Garibay Rodriguez Cuba • Petra Kuivala Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago • Roderick R. Hewitt Haiti • Laënnec Hurbon Dominican Republic • Antonio Lluberes SJ Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba • Joyce Overdijk-Francis Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands • Samuel Arroyo Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy and French Guiana • Laënnec Hurbon Major Christian Traditions Anglicans • Joanildo Burity Independents • William Mauricio Beltrán Orthodox • Austreberto Martínez Villegas Protestants • Pablo Moreno Catholics • Susana Nuin and Gremaud Angée Evangelicals • Darío López Rodríguez Pentecostals/Charismatics • Nicolas Iglesias Schneider Key Themes Faith and Culture • Renée de la Torre Worship and Spirituality • Cláudio Carvalhaes Theology • Néstor O. Míguez Social and Political Context • Bibiana Ortega Mission and Evangelism • Luís Wesley de Souza Gender • Ana Lourdes Suárez Religious Freedom • Néstor Da Costa and Ana María Bidegain Inter-religious Relations • Alejandro E. Williams-Becker Martyrdom and Persecution • Fernando Torres Millán and Álvaro Frías Cruz Migration • Ernesto Fiocchetto Afro-descendant Populations • Laënnec Hurbon Indigenous Populations • Sofía Chipana Quispe Conclusion The Future of Christianity in Latin America and the Caribbean • Ana María Bidegain Appendices Christianity by Country Methodology and Sources of Christian and Religious Affiliation • Todd M. Johnson and Gina A. Zurlo Index