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This is one of four projected volumes to emerge from a massive, Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptural orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? Is the result a democratic politics of the ballot box, or is it more like an authoritarian politics of command from on high? Does the evangelical faith of the Bible hinder or promote a politics of the ballot box? At a time when the global-political impact of another revivalist and scriptural religion, Islam, fuels vexed debate among analysts the world over, these volumes offer an unusual comparative perspective on a critical issue: the often combustible interaction of resurgent religion and the developing world's unstable politics. The present volume considers the case of Latin America, where evangelical Protestantism is increasingly challenging the historical Catholic hegemony in the religious sphere.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Many Faces of Evangelical Politics in Latin America (Paul Freston)
1: Democratic Activity and Religious Practices of Evangelicals in Mexico (Felipe Vazquez)
2: From War to Reconciliation: Guatemalan Evangelicals and the Transition to Democracy, 1982-2001 (C. Mathews Samson)
3: The Evolution of Protestant Participation in Nicaraguan Politics and the Rise of Evangelical Parties (Roberto Zub)
4: Evangelicals and Politics in Fujimori's Peru (Dario Lopez)
5: Religion and Democracy in Brazil (1998-2002): A Study of the Leading Evangelical Politicians (Alexandre Brasil Fonseca)
Conclusion: Evangelicals and Democracy: The Experience of Latin America in Context (Daniel H. Levine)
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