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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cham
Springer
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Religions of the World
Springer Nature eReference Religion and Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Cultural Studies
B Religion B Ethnology B Religious Studies, general B Culture-Study and teaching B Culture |
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Cover Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
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| Summary: | 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.) |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (24 illus., 22 illus. in color. eReference) |
| ISBN: | 3319270788 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4 |