Latino Protestants and Their Congregations: Establishing an Agenda for Sociological Research
Due to immigration and high birth rates, Latinos (or “Hispanics”) are rapidly growing as a proportion of American society—faster than any other racial-ethnic group—and are widely dispersed throughout the United States. Moreover, a growing number of U.S. Latinos are not Catholic but Protestant. Beyon...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
[2015]
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 76, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-154 |
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| Summary: | Due to immigration and high birth rates, Latinos (or “Hispanics”) are rapidly growing as a proportion of American society—faster than any other racial-ethnic group—and are widely dispersed throughout the United States. Moreover, a growing number of U.S. Latinos are not Catholic but Protestant. Beyond their individual religious devotion, Latino Protestant churches (LPCs) capture and channel Latino Protestant religiosity to a greater extent than Roman Catholic churches. While the study of LPCs should be methodologically open and theoretically diffuse, it is likely that researchers will recognize each other only by coalescing around a common set of questions, specifically around worship and liturgy, ethnicity and identity, and civic and community engagement. These three focal points are described as a starting point to foster cooperative dialogue and stimulate further scholarship as LPCs grow in numbers and significance in America. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srv016 |