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Autore: | Smith Calvin L |
Titolo: | Revolution, revival, and religious conflict in Sandinista Nicaragua [[electronic resource] /] / by Calvin L. Smith |
Pubblicazione: | Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina: | 322/.1097285090 |
Soggetto topico: | Protestantism - Nicaragua - History - 20th century |
Protestants - Political activity - Nicaragua - History - 20th century | |
Pentecostalism - Nicaragua - History - 20th century | |
Church and state - Nicaragua - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Nicaragua Politics and government 1937-1979 |
Nicaragua Politics and government 1979-1990 | |
Nicaragua History Revolution, 1979 | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-305) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Background to Protestant-Sandinista relations -- pt. 2. Dynamics of church-state reltaions from the Protestant perspective -- pt. 3. Dynamics of chuch-state relations from the Sandinista perspective -- pt. 4. Conclusion. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This interdisciplinary study breaks new ground by exploring relations between Protestants (mainly Pentecostals) and the Sandinistas in revolutionary Nicaragua, which to date have received scant attention. It challenges the view that most Protestants supported the Sandinistas (in fact, the majority vigorously opposed them) and establishes why many believed Nicaragua was heading towards communism or totalitarianism. Meanwhile, the Sandinistas expressed irritation with Pentecostalism’s otherworldliness and support for Israel. Pentecostals were harassed, even brutally repressed in the northern highlands, leading many to join the Contras. That a minority of Protestants supported the Sandinistas caused further problems. Pentecostals and Sandinistas were ideological rivals offering an alternative vision to the poor: revolution or revival. As Pentecostalism exploded, a collision between the two was inevitable. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Revolution, revival, and religious conflict in Sandinista Nicaragua |
ISBN: | 1-283-06146-5 |
9786613061461 | |
90-474-1935-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811911003321 |
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