Pentecostals, politics, and religious equality in Argentina / / by Hans Geir Aasmundsen.

• Superior document: Religion in the Americas series, volume 17
• VerfasserIn: Aasmundsen, Hans Geir,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Religion in the Americas series ; v. 17.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (223 pages)

In Argentina, Pentecostalism had a breakthrough in the early 1980s, and today more than 10 per cent of the population are Pentecostals. The revival coincided with a socio-political transformation of Argentinean society. After half a century of dictatorships and Perónism, democracy was restored, and structural changes paved the way for an autonomisation of the political, economic, scientific and religious spheres. The “new” form of society that developed resembles what in this study is called a Western model, which to a large degree has been, and still is, spread on a global scale. In this book, Aasmundsen examines the religious sphere and how Pentecostals relate to society at large, and the political and judicial spheres in particular.

Table of Contents

Historical background -- Theoretical framework -- From negative to positive dualism -- The struggle for religious freedom and equality -- Pentecostalism and politics -- Conclusions and final remarks.