| Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Gooren, Henri (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319285718 ISBN-13: 9783319285719 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $692.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 200 |
| Series: Religions of the World |
| Physical Information: 1665 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This encyclopedia provides an overview of the main religions of Latin America and the Caribbean, both its centralized transnational expressions and its local variants and schisms. These main religions include (but are not limited to) the major expressions of Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Pentecostalism, Mormonism, and Jehovah's Witnesses), indigenous religions (Native American, Maya religion), syncretic Christianity (including Afro-Brazilian religions like Umbanda and Candombl and Afro-Caribbean religions like Vodun and Santer a), other world religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam), transnational New Religious Movements (Scientology, Unification Church, Hare Krishna, New Age, etc.), and new local religions (Brazil's Igreja Universal, La Luz del Mundo from Mexico, etc.). |