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Article: Research on Protestantism in Latin America: a bibliographic essay.
- Article from:
- International Bulletin of Missionary Research
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
- Author:
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A generation ago John A. Mackay observed, "There was a time... when two illusions were current regarding the religious situation in Latin America. One illusion was that this region was the most solidly Roman Catholic of all the great areas of the world. The other illusion was that Latin America is an area where Protestant Christianity has little significance. Recent dramatic events have brought both these illusions to an end." (1)
Especially over the latter part of the twentieth century there has been an increasing awareness in the world Christian community of a vibrant and growing Protestant presence in the midst of Latin American society. Protestantism has ...