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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Другие авторы: Gooren, Henri (Редактор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Cham Springer 2019
В:Год: 2019
Редактирование:1st ed. 2019
Серии журналов/журналы:Religions of the World
Springer Nature eReference Religion and Philosophy
Другие ключевые слова:B Cultural Studies
B Религия
B Ethnology
B Religious Studies, general
B Culture-Study and teaching
B Culture
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Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-27077-7
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Итог: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.)
ISBN:3319270788
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4