Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions
This encyclopedia provides an overview of the main religions of Latin America and the Caribbean, both its centralized transnational expressions and its local variants and schisms. These main religions include (but are not limited to) the major expressions of Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protesta...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cham
Springer
2019
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| In: | Anno: 2019 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Periodico/Rivista: | Religions of the World
Springer Nature eReference Religion and Philosophy |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Cultural Studies
B Religione B Ethnology B Religious Studies, general B Culture-Study and teaching B Culture |
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Copertina Accesso probabilmente gratuito Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-27077-7 |
| Riepilogo: | This encyclopedia provides an overview of the main religions of Latin America and the Caribbean, both its centralized transnational expressions and its local variants and schisms. These main religions include (but are not limited to) the major expressions of Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Pentecostalism, Mormonism, and Jehovah’s Witnesses), indigenous religions (Native American, Maya religion), syncretic Christianity (including Afro-Brazilian religions like Umbanda and Candomblé and Afro-Caribbean religions like Vodun and Santería), other world religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam), transnational New Religious Movements (Scientology, Unification Church, Hare Krishna, New Age, etc.), and new local religions (Brazil’s Igreja Universal, La Luz del Mundo from Mexico, etc.) |
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| ISBN: | 3319270788 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4 |