Power, Politics, And Pentecostals In Latin America

Edward L. Cleary is professor of Latin American studies at Providence College. Hannah W. Stewart-Gambino is associate professor of government at Lehigh University.

• 1 Introduction: Pentecostals, Prominence, and Politics, 2 Pentecostals, Politics, and Public Space in Latin America, 3 Pentecostalism and Women in Brazil, 4 Private Power or Public Power: Pentecostalism, Base Communities, and Gender, 5 Interchurch Relations: Exclusion, Ecumenism, and the Poor, 6 Chilean Pentecostalism: Coming of Age, 7 Pentecostalism, Conversions, and Politics in Brazil, 8 Guatemalan Pentecostals: Something of Their Own, 9 Bricando el Charco/Jumping the Puddle: A Case Study of Pentecostalism's Journey from Puerto Rico to New York to Allentown, Pennsylvania, 10 The Sound of Tambourines: The Politics of Pentecostal Growth in El Salvador, 11 Pentecostals and Evangelicals in Venezuela: Consolidating Gains, Moving in New Directions, 12 Latin American Pentecostals: Old Stereotypes and New Challenges