Pentecostals, Politics, and Religious Equality in Argentina

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-32504-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Religion in the Americas

In Argentina, Pentecostalism had a breakthrough in the early 1980s, and today more than 10 per cent of the population are Pentecostals. The revival coincided with a socio-political transformation of Argentinean society. After half a century of dictatorships and Perónism, democracy was restored, and structural changes paved the way for an autonomisation of the political, economic, scientific and religious spheres. The “new” form of society that developed resembles what in this study is called a Western model, which to a large degree has been, and still is, spread on a global scale. In this book, Aasmundsen examines the religious sphere and how Pentecostals relate to society at large, and the political and judicial spheres in particular.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aasmundsen, Hans Geir

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Pfingstkirchen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Hans Geir Aasmundsen, Dr. Study of Religion (2014), University of Sødertørn, is currently a researcher at UiB Global, the University of Bergen, Norway. He has published on the socio-political aspects of global Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism. Latest publications include the environment, mission and human rights as well as holistic mission.