Protestantism in Guatemala: Living in the New Jerusalem - Softcover

Garrard-Burnett, Virginia

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9780292728172: Protestantism in Guatemala: Living in the New Jerusalem
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ISBN 10: 0292728174 ISBN 13: 9780292728172
Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1998

Synopsis

Guatemala has undergone an unprecedented conversion to Protestantism since the 1970s, so that thirty percent of its people now belong to Protestant churches, more than in any other Latin American nation.

Garrard-Burnett finds that while Protestant missionaries were early valued for their medical clinics, schools, translation projects, and especially for the counterbalance they provided against Roman Catholicism, Protestantism itself attracted few converts in Guatemala until the 1960s. Since then, however, the militarization of the state, increasing public violence, and the "globalization" of Guatemalan national politics have undermined the traditional ties of kinship, custom, and belief that gave Guatemalans a sense of identity, and many are turning to Protestantism to recreate a sense of order, identity, and belonging.

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About the Author

Virginia Garrard-Burnett is a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Publisher
University of Texas Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0292728174
ISBN 13 
9780292728172
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
264
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