Medina and Alfaro (eds), “Pentecostals and Charismatics in Latin America and Latino Communities”
Publisher’s Description: This book investigates the social, cultural, intersecting concerns and challenges faced by Pentecostal-charismatics in Latin America and among Latinos in the United States and Canada, groups that share profound roots. Contributors highlight the interweaving of renewal theological traditions with various other disciplines, including ethics, sociology, history, political theory, and migration studies. They also discuss the asynchronous historical grounding and emergence of Pentecostal-charismatic movements with multiple and diverse international connections and expressions, providing a fuller portrait of the complexities and interrelated nature of renewal movements across the globe. In contrast to other collections, Pentecostals and Charismatics in Latin America and Latino Communities brings together practitioners and academics with Pentecostal-charismatic affiliations, who are able to analyze movements among these communities from within.
Contents:
Introduction: Néstor Medina and Sammy Alfaro
PART I: SOUTH AMERICAN CONVERSATIONS
1. The power of the Spirit and the Indigenization of the Church: A Latin American Perspective; Juan Sepúlveda
2. Christian Renewal and the Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement in Venezuela; Jody B. Fleming
3. Towards a Transformative Latin American Pentecostal-Charismatic Social Ethic: An Argentine Perspective; Ryan Gladwin
PART II: CENTRAL AMERICAN CONVERSATIONS
4. Translating Pentecost into Social Engagement in El Salvador: Community Service as a New and Contested Ritual; Ronald Todd Bueno
5. ¡No más violencia! Pentecostal Theological Reflections on Violence in Honduras; Daniel Alvarez
6. Revivalism as Revolutionary, Reaction or Remote?: Pentecostal Political Heterogeneity in Sandinista Nicaragua; Calvin Smith
7. Transnationalism and the Pentecostal Salvadoran Church: A Case Study of Misión Cristiana Elim; Robert A. Danielson
PART III: NORTH AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN CONVERSATIONS
8. Between Two Worlds: Multigenerational and Multilingual Hispanic Youth Ministry in the USA; Daniel A. Rodríguez
9. Catholic Mysticism, Charismatics and Renewal; Neomi DeAnda
10. The Social Impact of the 1916 Pentecostal Revival in Puerto Rico; Jenniffer Contreras Flores
PART IV: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CONVERSATIONS
11. Blessed are the Prosperous but Woe to the Weak: The Influence of Socio-Economic Status to Biblical hermeneutics; Esa Autero
12. Latin American Liberation and Renewal Theology: A Pneumatological Dialogue; Brandon Kertson
13. Liberating the Church: A Latino/a Pentecostal Response to the McDonaldization Process; Wilmer Estrada-Carrasquillo
14. Toward a Pentecostal Political Theology: Augustine and the Latin American Context; Eric Patterson
Conclusion; Néstor Medina and Sammy Alfaro