This interdisciplinary volume resulted from a three-year
collaborative research project into the ways diverse Protestant and
Catholic congregations in the Americas interpret and respond to the
changes globalization has wrought. Contributors from the fields of
religion, anthropology, political science, and sociology draw on
fieldwork in Peru, El Salvador, and the United States to provide
their own perspectives on economic globalization, migration, and
the increasing religious pluralism in Latin America.
Organized around three central themes -- family, youth, and
community; democratization, citizenship, and political
participation; and immigration and transnationalism -- the book
argues first that, at the local level, religion helps people,
especially women and youths, solidify their identities and confront
challenges. The essays show religious communities to be both
peaceful venues for people to voice their needs and forums for the
building of participatory democracies in the Americas. Finally, the
contributors look at communities of Peruvians and Salvadorans in
the United States. They examine how religion enfranchises poor
women, youths, and people displaced by war or economic change and,
at the same time, drives social movements that seek to strengthen
family and community bonds that have been disrupted by migration
and political violence.
Skillfully edited to cohere and complement each other, these
essays represent an important contribution to our understanding of
the many powerful forces shaping life in the Americas at the dawn
of the twenty-first century.
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