Christianity in Latin America: A History by
Presents the important encounters between people, ideas, and events of Latin America. Offers an accessible and engaging review of the history of Christianity in Latin America with a widely ecumenical focus to foster understanding of the various forces shaping both Christianity and the region.
In Search of Christ in Latin America by
Offers a survey and study of Christology in Latin America. Starts with the first Spanish influence and moving through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity by
Examines the changes that have swept across Latin America in the last fifty years and situates them in the context of the growth of Christianity in the global South.
To All Nations from All Nations: A History of the Christian Missionary Movement by
Broadly introduces prominent missionary practices and major historical figures using three perspectives. First, it takes into account the missionary activity proceeding from the margins. Second, it narrates the cross-cultural, cross-confessional, and cross-religious dynamics that characterize Christian missionary activity. And third, it emphasizes that much missionary activity is generated by national rather than international missionaries.
Catholic Colonialism: A Parish History of Guatemala, 1524-1821 by
Traces the origins and development of the parishes of a single Central American diocese from conquest to independence. Drawing widely on Guatemalan archive sources, it presents a detailed picture of the colonial church at parish level.
Politics and the Catholic Church in Nicaragua by
A history of one of the major sites of liberation theology in Central America.
Popular Voices in Latin American Catholicism by
Combining interviews and community studies in Venezuela and Colombia with analysis of broad ideological and institutional transformations, it examines how religious and cultural change begins and what gives it substance and lasting impact.
Rendering unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America by
Using historical and statistical evidence from twelve countries, the book describes the causal connection between religious competition and the rise of progressive Catholicism.
The Rise of Charismatic Catholicism in Latin America by
A treatment of the Catholic Charismatic movement in Latin America, revealing its importance to the Catholic Church as well as the people of the region.
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