Name: Tongues of Fire By David Martin (London School of Economic and Political Science)
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Tongues of Fire: The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin America by David Martin (London School of Economic and Political Science)

Now available in paperback, Tongues of Fire deals with one of the most extraordinary developments in the world today - the rapid spread of Evangelical Protestantism in vast areas of the underdeveloped societies, notable Latin America. The growth of Evangelical Protestantism since the 1960's from its epicentre in the United States has been a religious and social phenomenon of extraordinary proportions.

David Martin, one of the world's leading authorities on the sociology of religion, examines this remarkable phenomenon, taking account of how the religious elements have affected and have been affected by the cultural and political conditions and the future of the Americas, but also by those concerned with the relation of religion and social change throughout the contemporary world.

About David Martin (London School of Economic and Political Science)

David Martin is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Honorary Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. He has published numerous books including Tongues of Fire, Does Christianity Cause War? and A General Theory of Secularisation. He is generally regarded as one of the most influential sociologists of religion writing today.

Foreword by Peter Berger Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: HISTORICAL GENEALOGIES AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1. Anglo and Latin: Rival Civilizations, Alternative Patterns 2. The Methodist Model: Anglo-American Cultural Production Reproduced in Latin America PART II: LATIN AMERICA: HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY SITUATION 3. Profiles of Evangelical Advance in Latin America 4. Brazil: Largest Society and Most Dramatic Instance 5. The Southern Cone: Chile and the Argentine Contrasted 6. Smaller Contrasting Societies - Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala - and Mexico PART III: COMPARISON AND PARALLELS 7. Caribbean Comparisons: Jamaica and Trinidad: Puerto Rico and Haiti 8. Instructive Parallels: South Korea and South Africa PART IV: RE-FORMATIONS 9. New Spiritual Communications: Healings and Tongues; Songs and Stories 10. Conversions: Transformations and Turning Points 11. Protestantism and Economic Culture: Evidence Reviewed 12. The Body Politic and the Spirit: Evidence Reviewed PART V: CONCLUSIONS 13. The Argument Summarized and Extended Notes Glossary Bibliography Index.

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Tongues of Fire: The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin America by David Martin (London School of Economic and Political Science)

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David Martin (London School of Economic and Political Science)

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John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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1993-07-29

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368

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