LEADER 04110nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910781927203321 005 20230721032310.0 010 $a1-281-31659-8 010 $a9786611316594 010 $a0-8135-4402-5 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813544021 035 $a(CKB)1000000000487354 035 $a(EBL)340811 035 $a(OCoLC)437208961 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000130302 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148767 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130302 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10081182 035 $a(PQKB)10959714 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC340811 035 $a(OCoLC)232608111 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8051 035 $a(DE-B1597)526099 035 $a(OCoLC)1121055631 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813544021 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL340811 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10225224 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL131659 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000487354 100 $a20070212d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aConversion of a continent$b[electronic resource] $econtemporary religious change in Latin America /$fedited by Timothy J. Steigenga and Edward L. Cleary 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-4202-2 311 0 $a0-8135-4201-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tPART ONE. Approaches to Conversion --$t1. Understanding Conversion in the Americas /$rSteigenga, Timothy J. / Cleary, Edward L. --$t2. Analyzing Conversion in Latin America /$rFrigerio, Alejandro --$t3. Conversion Careers in Latin America /$rGooren, Henri --$t4. Specialized Spirits /$rChesnut, Andrew --$t5. Relational Analysis of Religious Conversion and Social Change /$rSmilde, David --$tPART TWO. Conversion to What? --$t6. Conversion from Afro-Brazilian Religions to Neo-Pentecostalism /$rBirman, Patricia --$t7. Conversion to Afro-Brazilian Religions in Buenos Aires /$rCarozzi, Marí A Julia --$t8. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal /$rCleary, Edward L. --$t9. Conversion to Native Spirituality in the Andes /$rCorr, Rachel --$tPART THREE. The Implications of Conversion --$t10. Indigenous Conversion to Catholicism /$rKovic, Christine --$t11. Stop Suffering? /$rGarrard-Burnett, Virginia --$t12. Healing the Nation /$rWightman, Jill M. --$t13. The Politics of Pentecostalized Religion /$rSteigenga, Timothy J. --$tCONTRIBUTORS --$tINDEX 330 $aA 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. 606 $aConversion$zLatin America 607 $aLatin America$xReligion 615 0$aConversion 676 $a204/.2 701 $aSteigenga$b Timothy J.$f1965-$01516108 701 $aCleary$b Edward L$0935207 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781927203321 996 $aConversion of a continent$93752341 997 $aUNINA