| Protestantism in Guatemala: Living in the New Jerusalem Contributor(s): Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0292728174 ISBN-13: 9780292728172 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Latin America - Central America - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 280.409 |
| LCCN: 97-49864 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.04" W x 8.98" (0.94 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Guatemala has undergone an unprecedented conversion to Protestantism since the 1970s, so that thirty percent of its people now belong to Protestant churches, more than in any other Latin American nation. To illuminate some of the causes of this phenomenon, Virginia Garrard-Burnett here offers the first history in English of Protestantism in Guatemala, focusing specifically on the rise of non-Catholic Christianity in relation to Guatemala's ethnic and political history. Garrard-Burnett finds that while Protestant missionaries were early valued for their medical clinics, schools, translation projects, and especially for the counterbalance they provided against Roman Catholicism, Protestantism itself attracted few converts in Guatemala until the 1960s. Since then, however, the militarization of the state, increasing public violence, and the globalization of Guatemalan national politics have undermined the traditional ties of kinship, custom, and belief that gave Guatemalans a sense of identity, and many are turning to Protestantism to recreate a sense of order, identity, and belonging. |
Contributor Bio(s): Garrard-Burnett, Virginia: - Virginia Garrard-Burnett teaches at the Institute of Latin American Studies and in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin. |
