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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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Cham
Springer
2019
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| Dans: | Année: 2019 |
| Collection/Revue: | Religions of the World
Springer eBook Collection Springer Nature Living Reference Religion and Philosophy |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Culture—Study and teaching
B Cultural Studies B Religion B Religious Studies, general B Culture-Study and teaching |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Résumé: | 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, Inuit, Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní, Maya, etc.), 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 (Rastafarianism, 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: | 3319089560 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0 |