La Luz del Mundo: A Short History
La Luz del Mundo is one of the fastest-growing religious movements in the world. It seems to have experienced no decline even after his current leader, Naasón Joaquín García, was arrested and detained in California on charges of sexual abuse in 2019. The article reconstructs the origin...
| Published in: | The journal of CESNUR |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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The journal of CESNUR
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iglesia la Luz del Mundo
/ History 1920-2020
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements KBR Latin America KDH Christian sects |
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Samuel Joaquín Flores
B Mexican New Religious Movements B Naasón Joaquín Garcia B Aarón Joaquín González B Light of the World B La Luz del Mundo |
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| Summary: | La Luz del Mundo is one of the fastest-growing religious movements in the world. It seems to have experienced no decline even after his current leader, Naasón Joaquín García, was arrested and detained in California on charges of sexual abuse in 2019. The article reconstructs the origins of La Luz del Mundo in 1920s Mexico, and its growth under three subsequent leaders who have been recognized as God’s Apostles for our times, Aarón Joaquín González, Samuel Joaquín Flores, and Naasón Joaquín Garcia. At the time of thiswriting, Apostle Naasón continues to direct from his prison cell in California a church that becomes, from Mexican, increasingly globalized and international. |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.2.1 |