Yale University Library Research Guides: Latinx and Latin American Christianity: LATAM Evangelicals

Latin American Pentecostalism

New Ways of Being Pentecostal in Latin America (Online) by Martin Lindhardt Focuses on new ways of being Pentecostal and on the consequences of recent transformations of Christianity for individuals, faith communities and societies.
Pentecostal Power: Expressions, Impact, and Faith of Latin American Pentecostalism by Calvin Smith (Editor) Provides readers with a multidisciplinary and continent-wide treatment of the nature and effects of Latin American Pentecostalism (including a theological analysis, notably absent in most studies).
Tongues of Fire: The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin America by David Lozell Martin A classic text on the growth of evangelicalism in Latin America.
Struggle for the Spirit: Religious Transformation and Popular Culture in Brazil and Latin America by David Lehmann Explores the predicament of the Catholic Church in the face of the apparently irresistible rise of Pentecostalism, examines the structure and practices of the religious organizations and assesses the broader political implications of these developments.

Religion in the Americas Book Series (Brill) Over 30 monographs on various religious movements, including Protestants, in Latin America.

Subject Headings

Brazil--Church History

Evangelicalism--Latin America

Latin America--Church History

Latin America--Church History--20th Century

Latin America--History

Liberation Theology

Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism--Latin America

Protestant Churches--Latin America

Latin American Evangelicalism

A Gospel for the Poor: Global Social Christianity and the Latin American Evangelical Left by David C. Kirkpatrick Tells the story of how a Cold War generation of progressive Latin Americans, including seminal figures such as Ecuadorian René Padilla and Peruvian Samuel Escobar, developed, named, and exported their version of social Christianity to an evolving coalition of global evangelicals, with the ideas of "integral mission"
The Gospel in Latin America: Historical Studies in Evangelicalism and the Global South by David W. Bebbington (Editor) A broad range of studies in the history of Latin American evangelicalism from experts in the field. Five chapters address issues affecting the whole of Latin America, including the relationship of evangelicalism to demography and the rise of the political ideology of Dominionism. A further five concentrate on developments in specific nations, such as evangelical intellectual life in Brazil and the forging of evangelical identity in Argentina.
Is Latin America Turning Protestant?: The Politics of Evangelical Growth (Online) by David Stoll The 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.
Latin American Evangelical Theology in The 1970's: The Golden Decade by Daniel Salinas With reception history methodology this book presents the development of Latin American Evangelical Theology in the 1970s from the perspective of the participants both from North America and Latin America.
Like Leaven in the Dough: Protestant Social Thought in Latin America, 1920-1950 (Online) by Carlos Mondragón; Daniel Miller (Translator); Ben Post (Translator) Offers an introduction to the ideas of notable Protestant writers in Latin America during the first half of the twentieth century.