Christianity in Latin America: A History by Ondina E. González; Justo L. GonzálezPresents 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 Samuel EscobarOffers 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.
Crisis and Hope in Latin America: An Evangelical Perspective by Núñez, Emilio AntonioThis book provides a panoramic yet thorough study of evangelicalism in Latin America. Part one examines the historical, socio-political, and religious context. Part two probes into post-conciliar Roman Catholicism, the charismatic movements, contextualization, and social responsibility. Part three explores the implications for churches and mission agencies. Written by a prominent integral mission theologian.
Faces of Latin American Protestantism by Jose Miguez BoninoDistinguishes four "faces" with which Protestantism appears in Latin America: the mission and expansion of mainline churches, the evangelical missionary wave at the turn of the nineteenth century, the growth of Pentecostalism, and the Protestant immigration churches from Europe all along modern Latin American history.
Is Latin America Turning Protestant?: The Politics of Evangelical Growth (Online) by David StollThe first general account of the evangelical challenge to Catholic predominance, with special attention to the collision with liberation theology in Central America. David Stoll reinterprets the "invasion of the sects" as an evangelical awakening, part of a wider religious reformation which could redefine the basis of Latin American politics.