" The Pentecostal movement has had an incredible impact on the shape of worldwide
Christianity in the past century. Estimates are that Pentecostals and charismatics make up …

This article examines how political controversies affect citizens' ability to exercise sexual and
reproductive rights in Latin America. The article argues that societies accommodate …

The essay contrasts two distinct ways of Pentecostal formation:(1) social activism and (2)
social passivism. The former identifies Christian formation as participation and leadership in …

For a long time Roma/Gypsies have been considered non-religious and apolitical. The
unprecedented, associative, movements of the'Roma-organisations' and of Pentecostal …

Using data from three surveys of religion in El Salvador from 1988 to 2009, this research
looks at changes in the demographic characteristics, religious orientations and practices …

El presente artículo aborda el tópico de la secularización como concepto, tesis, teoría,
paradigma, proceso socioempírico y dogma/fe, intentando dar cuenta de los profusos …

While the political participation of Pentecostals in Latin America has received significant
attention from academics, there is a dearth of comparative research on the historical …

Chilean Pentecostals have been described as passive and politically conformist in their
relations with the military government. Instead, there is historical evidence that they have …

Drawing on corpus-based critical discourse studies that investigate out-group
representations of sexual identities, this study identifies representations instantiated in three …

Against the grey sky, the normal majesty of the Andes Mountains appeared eerily
treacherous and foreboding, but the clouded backdrop fit my pensive mood. The long bus …