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Taking Stock and Building Bridges: Feminism, Women's Movements, and Pentecostalism in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Anne Motley Hallum
Anne Motley Hallum*
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Stetson University
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As one moves from the social science literature of religion and politics to the literature of women's movements in Latin America, the silence is deafening regarding the phenomenon of Pentecostalism, a movement primarily made up of women. This article argues that Pentecostalism does fit into the newer analyses of feminism and women's movements in the region in a much-needed interdisciplinary approach. The research is a literature review reinforced by field study in Central America. Pentecostalism provides an arena where women help each other and can learn civic skills to participate in fledgling democracies in Latin America.

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Research Reports and Notes
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , 2003 , pp. 169 - 186
Copyright
Copyright 2003 by the University of Texas Press

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