Todd Hartch
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199844593
- eISBN:
- 9780199358304
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199844593.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This section reviews the history of Christianity in Latin America and introduces the main themes of the rest of the book. Four centuries of Catholicism prepared the way for the stunning rise of ...
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This section reviews the history of Christianity in Latin America and introduces the main themes of the rest of the book. Four centuries of Catholicism prepared the way for the stunning rise of Protestantism in the twentieth century. After 1950 the region experienced the rise of Pentecostalism, the growth of new movements within the Catholic Church, and an antagonistic but nevertheless fruitful relationship between Catholicism and Protestantism. At the same time, Protestants often provided a valuable service by breaking the religious monopoly held by indigenous religion in rural villages. Once they had done so, it was not just Protestants who benefited but institutional and theological forms of Catholicism as well.Less
This section reviews the history of Christianity in Latin America and introduces the main themes of the rest of the book. Four centuries of Catholicism prepared the way for the stunning rise of Protestantism in the twentieth century. After 1950 the region experienced the rise of Pentecostalism, the growth of new movements within the Catholic Church, and an antagonistic but nevertheless fruitful relationship between Catholicism and Protestantism. At the same time, Protestants often provided a valuable service by breaking the religious monopoly held by indigenous religion in rural villages. Once they had done so, it was not just Protestants who benefited but institutional and theological forms of Catholicism as well.
