The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Christianity

Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens is Professor of Latin American History and Chair of the History Department at California State University, Northridge. Her publications include The Maryknoll Catholic Mission in Peru (2012). David Thomas Orique, O.P., is Associate Professor of Colonial and Modern Latin American History, Iberian Atlantic World History, and the Director of Latina/o and Latin American Studies at Providence College. His publications include To Heaven or Hell: An Introduction to the Soteriology of Bartolome de Las Casas (2016). Virginia Garrard is a faculty member at Tulane University. Her most recent book, co-authored with Peter Henderson and Bryan McCann, is History of Modern Latin America in the Modern World (OUP, 2018).

• List of Contributors IntroductionSusan Fitzpatrick-Behrens, Virginia Garrard, and David T. Orique Section I: Christianity Comes to the New World1. Making of Colonial Christianity John F. Schwaller 2. Time and Christianity in Early Latin America Matthew O'Hara 3. Tridentine Theology and its Contact with the New World David M. Lantigua 4. The Sacred Art of Counter-Conquest: Material Christianity in Latin America Jennifer Scheper Hughes 5. Indigenous Christianities: Commensuration, (De)Colonization, and Cultural Production in Latin America Andrew Orta 6. (Un)Making Christianity: The African Diaspora in Slavery and Freedom Rachel Sarah O'Toole 7. Millenarian Movements Carole A. Myscofski 8. The Course of Catholic History in Latin America Fernando Cervantes Section II: The Church Militant: Catholic Political Activism9. Liberation Theology: History and Trends Phillip Berryman 10. Catholicism, Revolution, and Counter-Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin America Stephen J. C. Andes 11. Bishops, Priests, and CELAM Erika Helgen 12. Activist Christians, the Human Rights Movement and Democratization in Latin America Nick Rowell 13. Prophetic Martyrdom in Modern Latin America Edward T. Brett 14. The Ambivalence of Catholic Politics in Latin America: Ideology, Interests, and Institutions Amy Edmonds 15. Rights, Religion, and Violence at Mexico's Borders Christine Kovic Section III: A Transnational Spirit: Missionaries and Charism16. Pentecostalism and Neopentecostalism in Latin America: Two Case Studies Virginia Garrard and Justin M. Doran 17. Conversion Processes and Social Networks in Latin America Henri Gooren 18. A New Pentecost: Conversion in the Caribbean Luis N. Rivera-Pagán 19. Protestant Innovative Evangelizing to Oral Cultures in Guatemala Rachel M. McCleary 20. Liberation Theology's Spiritual Legacy for the Latin American Church Harold Segura 21. Preferential Option for the Spirit: The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Brenda Carranza 22. Alternative Christianities: Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists, and Jehovah's Witnesses Ronald Lawson, Kenneth Xydias, Ryan T. Cragun 23. Mainline Protestantism in Latin America Joel Morales Cruz Section IV: Contemporary Christianity in Latin America24. Christianity and Ecology in Latin America Lois Ann Lorentzen 25. Mary, Mother of Jesus: Consolatrice of the Americas Jeanette Rodriguez 26. Marshalling the Faithful: Popular Religiosity and Institutional Life in Modernizing Mexico Edward Wright-Ríos 27. Catholic Laity in the Latin American Church Robert S. Pelton, C.S.C. Complete BibliographyIndex

The handbook is an excellent and useful starting point for graduate students preparing reading lists for comprehensive exams or for any scholar looking to expand their sources.