{"product_id":"the-rebirth-of-latin-american-christianity-9780199843138","title":"The Rebirth of Latin American Christianity","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of 2014 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology from the American Society of Missiology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2015 \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e Award for Missions\/Global Affairs\u003cbr\u003eNamed by the \u003cem\u003eInternational Bulletin of Missionary Studies\u003c\/em\u003e as an Outstanding Book of 2014 for Mission Studies \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePredominantly Catholic for centuries, Latin America is still largely Catholic today, but the religious continuity in the region masks enormous changes that have taken place in the past five decades. In fact, it would be fair to say that Latin American Christianity has been transformed definitively in the years since the Second Vatican Council. Religious change has not been obvious because its transformation has not been, as in Africa and Asia, the sudden and massive growth of a new religion. It has been rather a simultaneous revitalization and fragmentation that threatened, awakened, and ultimately brought to a greater maturity a dormant and parochial Christianity. The rapid growth of Protestantism, especially Pentecostalism, forced Catholics to adopt a more active and dynamic approach to their religion. Although many Catholics left their church to become Pentecostals, many others responded to the Protestant challenge by joining new Catholic movements. Today, Latin American\u003cbr\u003eChristianity is so energized that the region is sending missionaries to Africa, Europe, and the United States. In \u003cem\u003eThe Rebirth of Latin American Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e, Todd Hartch examines the changes that have swept across Latin America in the last fifty years and situates them in the context of the growth of Christianity in the global South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Hartch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.15w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199843138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTodd Hartch\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches Latin American history and World Christianity at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. His research focuses on Christianity and missions in Latin America. His first book, Missionaries of the State: The Summer Institute of Linguistics, State Formation, and\u003cbr\u003eIndigenous Mexico examined the role of the Wycliffe Bible Translators in Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40507122352243,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":71.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d058a239-0d82-4922-9731-41b88adc8e17.jpg?v=1665493634","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-rebirth-of-latin-american-christianity-9780199843138","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}