Religious Freedom and Evangelization in Latin America: The Challenge of Religious Pluralism

by SIGMUND PAUL E. (ED)

• ISBN13: 9781570752636
• ISBN10: 157075263X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Table of Contents

The Religion and Human Rights Series Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(10)
Paul E. Sigmund
Part One: Perspectives on the Churches and Evangelization Today
The Catholic Church	11	(17)
Edward L. Cleary
Historical Protestantism	28	(21)
John H. Sinclair
Evangelical Churches	49	(21)
Pedro C. Moreno
The Economics of Evangelization	70	(17)
Anthony Gill
Part Two: Perspectives on Religious Freedom
Cuba	87	(26)
Margaret E. Crahan
El Salvador	113	(16)
Andrew J. Stein
The New Legislation on Religious Freedom in Mexico	129	(21)
Jose Luis Soberanes Fernandez
Mexico
Liberation Theology, Base Communities and Evangelical Protestantism	139	(11)
Roderic Ai Camp
Guatemala	150	(25)
Tim Steigenga
Nicaragua	175	(110)
Andrew J. Stein
Argentina
Church, State, and Religious Freedom in Argentina	187	(17)
Jose Miguez Bonino
Brazil
Religious Tolerance, Church-State Relations, and the Challenge of Pluralism	204	(16)
Kenneth P. Serbin
Chile
From the Patronato to Pinochet	220	(15)
Martin Poblete
Colombia
Past Persecution, Present Tension	235	(18)
Elizabeth E. Brusco
Peru
Evangelization and Religious Freedom	253	(16)
Jeffrey Klaiber
Venezuela
Nationhood, Patronage, and the Conflict over New Religious Movements	269	(16)
David A. Smilde
Notes	285	(55)
Bibliography	340	(11)
Contributors	351	(3)
Index	354