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Holy saints and fiery preachers : the anthropology of Protestantism in Mexico and Central America / edited by James W. Dow and Alan R. Sandstrom.

Contributor(s): Dow, James | Sandstrom, Alan R
Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion in the age of transformation: Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001Description: xiv, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0275958523 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Protestantism -- Mexico | Conversion -- Christianity -- Social aspects -- Mexico | Mexico -- Church history -- 20th century | Protestantism -- Central America | Conversion -- Christianity -- Social aspects -- Central America | Central America -- Church history -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 248.2/44/0972 LOC classification: BX4833 | .P75 2001Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Protestantism in Mesoamerica: the old within the new / James W. Dow -- Evangelicals in the Lower Mayo Valley / Mary I. O'Connor -- Religious affiliation in Indian Mexico / Carlos Garma -- Demographic factors affecting Protestant conversions in three Mexican villages / James W. Dow -- Looking for a system of order in life: Jehovah's Witnesses in Mexico / Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola -- Godparenthood ties among Zapotec women and the effects of Protestant conversion / Nicole L. Sault -- The Maya Pentecost / Garrett W. Cook -- Reconsidering Protestant growth in Guatemala, 1900-1995 / Henri Gooren -- Making one our word: Protestant Q'eqchi' Mayas in Highland Guatemala / Abigail E. Adams -- Pastors, preachers, or prophets? Cultural conflict and continuity in Maya Protestant leadership / David Scotchmer -- Conclusion: anthropological perspectives on Protestant conversion in Mesoamerica / Alan R. Sandstrom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Protestantism in Mesoamerica: the old within the new / James W. Dow -- Evangelicals in the Lower Mayo Valley / Mary I. O'Connor -- Religious affiliation in Indian Mexico / Carlos Garma -- Demographic factors affecting Protestant conversions in three Mexican villages / James W. Dow -- Looking for a system of order in life: Jehovah's Witnesses in Mexico / Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola -- Godparenthood ties among Zapotec women and the effects of Protestant conversion / Nicole L. Sault -- The Maya Pentecost / Garrett W. Cook -- Reconsidering Protestant growth in Guatemala, 1900-1995 / Henri Gooren -- Making one our word: Protestant Q'eqchi' Mayas in Highland Guatemala / Abigail E. Adams -- Pastors, preachers, or prophets? Cultural conflict and continuity in Maya Protestant leadership / David Scotchmer -- Conclusion: anthropological perspectives on Protestant conversion in Mesoamerica / Alan R. Sandstrom.

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