Click here to see a video interview with Emelio Betances. Click here to access the tables referenced in the book. Since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has acted

The author surveys the literature on the reasons for Pentecostal growth and Catholic retrenchment in Latin America and assesses the socioeconomic and political

The authors examine popular religion as a vital source of new values and experiences as well as a source of pressure for change in the church, political life, a

This book explores the transformations in religion in conjunction with political change. Professor Levine suggests, highlights the dynamic and dialectical inter

Long assumed to be an unchanging and unquestioned bulwark of established power and privilege, religion in Latin America has diversified and flourished, while ta