Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions, 1st ed. 2019 Religions of the World Series

Adventism in Argentina;- Adventism in Colombia;- Adventism in Cuba;- Adventism in Mexico;- Adventism in Panama;- Adventism in Puerto Rico;- Adventism in the Dominican Republic;- Adventism in Venezuela;- Adventism, Eight Laws of Health;- Adventism, Pillars;- Adventist Global Mission;- Afro American Religious and New Age Practices;- Age of Aquarius;- Agnosticism and People Without Religion in Brazil;- Agnosticism, Atheism, and People Without Religion in Colombia;- Agnosticism, Atheism, Population without Religion in Guatemala;- Agnostics and Atheists in Mexico;- All Souls’ Day;- Allen, A. A.;- Alternative Therapies;- Andean Mysticism;- Anthroposophy;- Anticlerical Laws in Costa Rica, 1884;- Anticlericalism in Argentina;- Aparecida Conference (CELAM V);- Arab Union of Cuba;- Argentina;- Art of Living;- Articles of Faith, Twelve;- Ashkenazi;- Assemblies of God in Brazil;- Assemblies of God in Latin America;- Astrology;- Atheism and Agnosticism in Cuba;- Atheism and Nonreligion in Latin America, Geography;- Atheism in Brazil;- Atheism, Agnosticism, and People Without Religion in Chile;- Bahia Muslim Slaves Rebellion; Rebellion of the Males, Brazil 1835;- Barquinha;- Batuque;- Belize;- Benedict XVI, Pope;- Bible, New World Translation;- Black Islam;- Body/Soul;- Boff, Clodovis;- Boff, Leonardo;- Bogarín, Ramón;- Bolivia;- Book of Mormon;- Brazil;- Brazil 2010 Census;- Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church;- Buddhism in Argentina;- Buddhism in Brazil;- Buddhism in Central America;- Buddhism in Chile;- Buddhism in Colombia;- Buddhism in Cuba;- Buddhism in Mexico;- Buddhism in Peru;- Buddhism in Uruguay;- Buddhism in Venezuela;- Caboclo Shamanism;- Câmara, Dom Hélder Pessoa (Bishop);- Candomblé;- Caravanas Arcoiris;- Castaneda, Carlos;- Catholic Action;- Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR);- CELAM;- Chile;- Chinese Buddhism;- Chinese New Religions;- Chinese Religions;- Christian Base Communities (CEB);- Christian Congregation in Brazil, Congregação Cristã no Brasil;- Church of the Foursquare Gospel in Brazil;- Church of World Messianity (Sekai Kyūsei Kyō);- Cofradías;- Colombia;- Complementary and Alternative Medicines;- Conscienciology and Projectiology;- Conversion to Islam in Latin America;- Conversions to the Islam in Mexico;- Core Energetics;- Costa Rica;- Cristero Rebellion;- Cuba;- Cultural Industry;- Da’wah;- Diaspora, Jewish;- Diffused Religion in Latin America;- Divination Practices;- Dominican Republic;- Ecological Epistemology (EE);- Ecology;- Ecovillage;- Ecuador;- El Salvador;- Energy;- Environmentalization;- Errant Religious Culture;- Esotericism and New Age;- Ethnic Agnosticism in Latin America;- Fiesta de Santiago Apostól;- Fiestas;- Floral Therapy and Body/Emotional Awareness;- Fo Guang Shan;- Folk Saints;- Francescon, Louis;- Francis, Pope;- French Guiana;- Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International in Latin America;- Gaia;- Gauchito Gil;- Gender and New Age;- Generation of 1837;- Gerardi Conedera, Monseñor Juan José;- Giménez, Gilberto;- Gnose;- God Is Love Pentecostal Church;- Gran Fraternidad Universal;- Guatemala;- Gutiérrez, Gustavo;- Guyana;- Haiti;- Hajj;- Happy Science (Kofuku-no-Kagaku);- Hare Krishna Movement and New Age;- Harmonisation;- Haya de la Torre, Víctor Raúl;- Hinduism in Argentina;- Hinduism in Brazil;- Hinduism in Brazilian Literature;- Hinduism in Guyana;- Hinduism in Suriname;- Hinduism in Trinidad and Tobago;- Honduras;- Honmon Butsuryū-shū;- Hosay Festival;- Iglesia Cristiana Interdenominacional;- Igreja Cristã Maranata;- Inculturation;- Institutionalization of Religion;- Introduction of Islam to Sixteenth-Century Puerto Rico;- ISKCON;- Islam;- Islam in Argentina;- Islam in Brazil;- Islam in Cuba;- Islam in Haiti;- Islam in Mexico;- Islam in Suriname;- Islam in the Dominican Republic;- Islam in Trinidad;- Islam, Five Pillars;- Islam, History;- Islamic League of Cuba;- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Latin American Solidarity;- Jamaat al-Muslimeen;- Jamaica;- Japanese Esoteric Buddhism;- Japanese New Religions in Latin America;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Argentina;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Belize;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bolivia;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Chile;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Costa Rica;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Dominican Republic;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ecuador;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in El Salvador;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in French Guiana;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Paraguay;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Uruguay;- Jehovah’s Witnesses in Venezuela;- Jehovah’s Witnesses, Beliefs;- Jehovah’s Witnesses, History;- Jehovah’s Witnesses, Legal Controversies;- Jehovah’s Witnesses, Practices;- Jehovah’s Witnesses, Terms and Definitions;- Jehovah's Witnesses in Brazil;- Jehovah's Witnesses in Colombia;- Jehovah's Witnesses in Guyana;- Jehovah's Witnesses in Haiti;- Jehovah's Witnesses in Honduras;- Jehovah's Witnesses in Mexico;- Jehovah's Witnesses in Nicaragua;- Jehovah's Witnesses in Puerto Rico;- Jehovah's Witnesses in Suriname;- Jehovah's Witnesses, Contemporary Challenges;- Jewish Immigration to Chile During the Holocaust Years;- Jews of the Middle East in Latin America: Migrations, Identities, and Religiosities;- Jews and Judaism in the Caribbean;- John of God;- John Paul II, Pope;- Juárez, Benito;- Judaism in Argentina;- Judaism in Brazil;- Judaism in Chile;- Judaism in Cuba;- Judaism in Mexico;- Judenrein;- Kardec, Allan;- Korean Buddhism;- Korean Religions;- Laicity in Argentina;- Laicity in Brazil;- Laicity in Latin America;- Latin American Adventist Theological Seminary;- Latin American Conservative or Masorti Movement;- Latin American Countries Muslim Leaders Religious Summit;- Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA);- Latin American Mission (LAM);- Latin American Pentecostalism and Politics;- Lay Education in Mexico;- Leaving the New Age;- Lebanese-Muslim Diaspora in the Triple Frontier (Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay);- Liberation Theology;- Life in the Spirit Seminars (LSS);- Light of the World Church;- Literature and Religion in Contemporary Societies;- López Trujillo, Alfonso;- Lugo Méndez, Fernando Armindo;- Macedo, Edir B.;- Mahikari;- Mancomunidad de la América India Solar;- Maya;- Maya Millenarism;- Maya Religion and Spirituality;- McPherson, Aimee Semple;- Medellin Conference (CELAM II);- Menchú Tum, Rigoberta;- Mennonites in Latin America;- Mesmerism;- Mexico;- Mexico 2010 Census;- Minuto de Dios;- Miranda, David Martins;- Mock Religions;- Modernity;- Morazán, Francisco;- Moriscos;- Mormon Mexican Colonies;- Mormon Missionary Training Centers;- Mormon Missions;- Mormon Temples;- Mormon Articles of Faith;- Mormonism in Argentina;- Mormonism in Belize;- Mormonism in Bolivia;- Mormonism in Brazil;- Mormonism in Chile;- Mormonism in Colombia;- Mormonism in Costa Rica;- Mormonism in Cuba;- Mormonism in Ecuador;- Mormonism in El Salvador;- Mormonism in French Guyana;- Mormonism in Guatemala;- Mormonism in Guyana;- Mormonism in Haiti;- Mormonism in Honduras;- Mormonism in Jamaica;- Mormonism in Mexico;- Mormonism in Nicaragua;- Mormonism in Panama;- Mormonism in Paraguay;- Mormonism in Peru;- Mormonism in Puerto Rico;- Mormonism in Suriname;- Mormonism in the Dominican Republic;- Mormonism in Uruguay;- Mormonism in Venezuela;- Mosques in Latin America;- Murabitun World Movement;- Muslim Community Educational Center (Mexico City, Mexico);- Muslims and the Media in Trinidad;- Mystics and New Age;- Neo-esotericism;- Neoliberalism and New Age;- Neomexicanism: The Prehispanic Rituals Translated by New Age Matrix;- Neo-Paganism;- Neo-Shamanism;- New Age and Christianity;- New Age and Health;- New Age and Native Spirituality;- New Age Consumption;- New Age Imagery;- New Age in Network Marketing Organizations;- New Age Rituals;- New Age Spirituality;- New Age Trade Show;- New Age-ification;- New Christians;- New Evangelization;- Nicaragua;- Nichiren Shoshu;- Nomad Religiosity;- Nonreligion and Secularity in Latin America;- Novenas (Catholic Prayer Tradition);- Obando y Bravo, Miguel;- Oomoto (The Great Origin);- Oriental Religions in Latin American Literature;- Orientalism;- Orientalization;- Origins of Pentecostalism in the Dominican Republic;- Pachamama;- Palau, Luis;- Palma, Ricardo;- Panama;- Paraguay;- Pentecostalism in Bolivia;- Pentecostalism in Brazil;- Pentecostalism in Chile;- Pentecostalism in Costa Rica;- Pentecostalism in El Salvador;- Pentecostalism in Guatemala;- Pentecostalism in Honduras;- Pentecostalism in Jamaica;- Pentecostalism in Latin America, Rural Versus Urban;- Pentecostalism in Panama;- Pentecostalism in Peru;- Pentecostalism in Puerto Rico;- Pentecostalism in Suriname;- Pentecostalism in the Caribbean: the Influence of Afro-Religions;- Pentecostalism in Urban Periphery in Latin America;- Pentecostalism: Waves in Latin America;- Pentecostalization of Protestantism in Latin America;- ca;- 

Henri Gooren is a Dutch cultural anthropologist working especially on conversion and Pentecostalism, Protestantism, Mormonism, and Roman Catholicism in Latin America.  His main books are Rich among the Poor (1999) and Religious Disaffiliation and Conversion: Tracing Patterns of Change in Faith Practices (2010).  Gooren conducted Templeton-sponsored research on the Pentecostalization of religion and society in Paraguay and Chile in 2010-12.  He published 20 chapters in books and 17 articles in journals, such as Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Exchange, Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, PentecoStudies, and Dialogue. Gooren is affiliated with Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. 

A comprehensive reference that covers all major religions, beliefs and practices in Latin America

Views Latin American religions in dynamic interaction with other religions of Latin American origin and with religions which did not originate in Latin America but have been a lasting feature of its religious landscape

Takes into account the growing influence and role of the Diaspora in understanding Latin American religious traditions and religious identity

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