{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-latin-american-christianity-9780199860357","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity","description":"By 2025, Latin America's population of observant Christians will be the largest in the world. Nonetheless, studies examining the exponential growth of global Christianity tend to overlook this region, focusing instead on Africa and Asia. Research on Christianity in Latin America provides a\u003cbr\u003ecore point of departure for understanding the growth and development of Christianity in the Global South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e an interdisciplinary contingent of scholars examines Latin American Christianity in all of its manifestations from the colonial to the contemporary period. The essays here provide an accessible background to understanding Christianity in Latin\u003cbr\u003eAmerica. Spanning the era from indigenous and African-descendant people's conversion to and transformation of Catholicism during the colonial period through the advent of Liberation Theology in the 1960s and conversion to Pentecostalism and Charismatic Catholicism, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Latin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e is the most complete introduction to the history and trajectory of this important area of modern Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Thomas Orique\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.10w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199860357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Fitzpatrick-Behrens\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Latin American History and Chair of the History Department at California State University, Northridge. Her publications include\u003cem\u003e The Maryknoll Catholic Mission in Peru \u003c\/em\u003e(2012). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Thomas Orique, O.P.\u003c\/strong\u003e, is Associate Professor of Colonial and Modern Latin American History, Iberian Atlantic World History, and the Director of Latina\/o and Latin American Studies at Providence College. His publications include \u003cem\u003eTo Heaven or Hell: An Introduction to the Soteriology of Bartolome\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ede Las Casas \u003c\/em\u003e(2016). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Garrard\u003c\/strong\u003e is a faculty member at Tulane University. Her most recent book, co-authored with Peter Henderson and Bryan McCann, is \u003cem\u003eHistory of Modern Latin America in the Modern World\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2018).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937666089075,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":135.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0733e57d-d3f3-4386-a22a-4b4ee11ca96e.jpg?v=1647995327","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-latin-american-christianity-9780199860357","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}