04110nam 2200649 a 450 991078192720332120230721032310.01-281-31659-897866113165940-8135-4402-510.36019/9780813544021(CKB)1000000000487354(EBL)340811(OCoLC)437208961(SSID)ssj0000130302(PQKBManifestationID)11148767(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130302(PQKBWorkID)10081182(PQKB)10959714(MiAaPQ)EBC340811(OCoLC)232608111(MdBmJHUP)muse8051(DE-B1597)526099(OCoLC)1121055631(DE-B1597)9780813544021(Au-PeEL)EBL340811(CaPaEBR)ebr10225224(CaONFJC)MIL131659(EXLCZ)99100000000048735420070212d2007 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrConversion of a continent[electronic resource] contemporary religious change in Latin America /edited by Timothy J. Steigenga and Edward L. ClearyNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20071 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4202-2 0-8135-4201-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --PART ONE. Approaches to Conversion --1. Understanding Conversion in the Americas /Steigenga, Timothy J. / Cleary, Edward L. --2. Analyzing Conversion in Latin America /Frigerio, Alejandro --3. Conversion Careers in Latin America /Gooren, Henri --4. Specialized Spirits /Chesnut, Andrew --5. Relational Analysis of Religious Conversion and Social Change /Smilde, David --PART TWO. Conversion to What? --6. Conversion from Afro-Brazilian Religions to Neo-Pentecostalism /Birman, Patricia --7. Conversion to Afro-Brazilian Religions in Buenos Aires /Carozzi, Marí A Julia --8. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal /Cleary, Edward L. --9. Conversion to Native Spirituality in the Andes /Corr, Rachel --PART THREE. The Implications of Conversion --10. Indigenous Conversion to Catholicism /Kovic, Christine --11. Stop Suffering? /Garrard-Burnett, Virginia --12. Healing the Nation /Wightman, Jill M. --13. The Politics of Pentecostalized Religion /Steigenga, Timothy J. --CONTRIBUTORS --INDEXA massive religious transformation has unfolded over the past forty years in Latin America and the Caribbean. In a region where the Catholic Church could once claim a near monopoly of adherents, religious pluralism has fundamentally altered the social and religious landscape. Conversion of a Continent brings together twelve original essays that document and explore competing explanations for how and why conversion has occurred. Contributors draw on various insights from social movement theory to religious studies to help outline its impact on national attitudes and activities, gender relations, identity politics, and reverse waves of missions from Latin America aimed at the American immigrant community. Unlike other studies on religious conversion, this volume pays close attention to who converts, under what circumstances, the meaning of conversion to the individual, and how the change affects converts' beliefs and actions. The thematic focus makes this volume important to students and scholars in both religious studies and Latin American studies.ConversionLatin AmericaLatin AmericaReligionConversion204/.2Steigenga Timothy J.1965-1516108Cleary Edward L935207MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781927203321Conversion of a continent3752341UNINA