Book contents
- Frontmatter
- I THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF MIDDLE AND SOUTH AMERICA ON THE EVE OF THE CONQUEST
- II COLONIAL SPANISH AMERICA
- III COLONIAL BRAZIL
- IV THE INDEPENDENCE OF LATIN AMERICA
- V LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, POLITICS, c. 1820 TO c. 1870
- VI LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, POLITICS, c. 1870 to 1930
- VII LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, POLITICS, 1930 to c. 1990
- 1 Population
- 2 The Latin American economies, 1929–1939
- 3 The Latin American economies, 1939–c. 1950
- 4 The Latin American economies, 1950–1990
- 5 Urban growth and urban social structure
- 6 Agrarian structures
- 7 State organization
- 8 Democracy
- 9 The Left
- 10 The military in politics
- 11 The urban working class and labour movements
- 12 Rural mobilizations
- 13 Women in twentieth-century Latin America
- 14 The Catholic church
- 15 The Protestant churches
- 16 Mexico, c. 1930–1946
- 17 Mexico since 1946
- 18 Central America
- 19 Guatemala
- 20 El Salvador
- 21 Honduras
- 22 Nicaragua
- 23 Costa Rica
- 24 Panama
- 25 The Panama Canal Zone, 1904–1979
- 26 Cuba, c. 1930–1959
- 27 Cuba since 1959
- 28 The Dominican Republic
- 29 Haiti
- 30 Puerto Rico
- 31 Argentina, 1930–1946
- 32 Argentina since 1946
- 33 Uruguay
- 34 Paraguay
- 35 Chile, c. 1930–c. 1960
- 36 Chile since c. 1960
- 37 Peru, 1930–c. 1960
- 38 Peru since c. 1960
- 39 Bolivia
- 40 Colombia
- 41 Ecuador
- 42 Venezuela
- 43 Brazil
- VIII IDEAS IN LATIN AMERICA SINCE INDEPENDENCE
- IX LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE SINCE INDEPENDENCE
- X THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA SINCE INDEPENDENCE
- THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA
15 - The Protestant churches
from VII - LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, POLITICS, 1930 to c. 1990
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2008
- Frontmatter
- I THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF MIDDLE AND SOUTH AMERICA ON THE EVE OF THE CONQUEST
- II COLONIAL SPANISH AMERICA
- III COLONIAL BRAZIL
- IV THE INDEPENDENCE OF LATIN AMERICA
- V LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, POLITICS, c. 1820 TO c. 1870
- VI LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, POLITICS, c. 1870 to 1930
- VII LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, POLITICS, 1930 to c. 1990
- 1 Population
- 2 The Latin American economies, 1929–1939
- 3 The Latin American economies, 1939–c. 1950
- 4 The Latin American economies, 1950–1990
- 5 Urban growth and urban social structure
- 6 Agrarian structures
- 7 State organization
- 8 Democracy
- 9 The Left
- 10 The military in politics
- 11 The urban working class and labour movements
- 12 Rural mobilizations
- 13 Women in twentieth-century Latin America
- 14 The Catholic church
- 15 The Protestant churches
- 16 Mexico, c. 1930–1946
- 17 Mexico since 1946
- 18 Central America
- 19 Guatemala
- 20 El Salvador
- 21 Honduras
- 22 Nicaragua
- 23 Costa Rica
- 24 Panama
- 25 The Panama Canal Zone, 1904–1979
- 26 Cuba, c. 1930–1959
- 27 Cuba since 1959
- 28 The Dominican Republic
- 29 Haiti
- 30 Puerto Rico
- 31 Argentina, 1930–1946
- 32 Argentina since 1946
- 33 Uruguay
- 34 Paraguay
- 35 Chile, c. 1930–c. 1960
- 36 Chile since c. 1960
- 37 Peru, 1930–c. 1960
- 38 Peru since c. 1960
- 39 Bolivia
- 40 Colombia
- 41 Ecuador
- 42 Venezuela
- 43 Brazil
- VIII IDEAS IN LATIN AMERICA SINCE INDEPENDENCE
- IX LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE SINCE INDEPENDENCE
- X THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA SINCE INDEPENDENCE
- THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA
Summary
Until fifty years ago publications on Protestantism in Latin America consisted mainly of the writings and memoirs of missionaries, reporting and interpreting their work, frequently with a promotional or apologetic purpose. The reports of the early Pan American Missionary Conferences (Panama, 1916; Montevideo, 1925; and Havana, 1929) and surveys and statistics provided by World Dominion Press, the Committee on Cooperation in Latin America (CCLA) and the International Missionary Council provide some data on the beginnings of Protestant missions. Finally, the denominational journals in different countries should also be mentioned.
There are practically no significant collections of sources for the history of Latin American Protestantism. The sections on Protestantism in Comisión de Estudios de Historia de la Iglesia en América Latina (CEHILA), Para una historia de la evangelización en América Latina (Barcelona, 1977), 165–269, Materiales para una historia de la teología en América Latina (San José, C.R., 1981), 343–88, and Rakes de la teología latinoamericana (San José, C.R. 1985), 241–60, offer some information on sources. See also H. Mackenzie Goodpasture, Cross and Sword: An Eyewitness History of Christianity in Latin America (Maryknoll, NY, 1989). The most recent and reliable statistical survey is David Barrett (ed.), World Christian Encyclopedia (New York, 1982).
General bibliographies on Protestantism in Latin America, although not specializing in historiographical material, can be profitably consulted. The most complete (up to 1975) is John Sinclair, Protestantism in Latin America: A Bibliographical Guide, 2nd ed. (Pasadena, Calif, 1976). The general histories of Damboriena, H.-J. Prien and J.-P. Bastian (see below) include valuable bibliographies, as do the books by David Stoll and David Martin (also see below).
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- The Cambridge History of Latin America , pp. 667 - 671Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995