Revolution, revival, and religious conflict in Sandinista Nicaragua /

Revolution, revival, and religious conflict in Sandinista Nicaragua /

This interdisciplinary study breaks new ground by exploring relations between Protestants (mainly Pentecostals) and the Sandinistas in revolutionary Nicaragua, which to date have received scant attention. It challenges the view that most Protestants supported the Sandinistas (in fact, the majority v...

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Main Author: Smith, Calvin L.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Religion in the Americas 6.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223073.

Subjects:

Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.
Sandinistische Nationale Befreiungsfront
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional > History.
1979-1990
Geschichte.
Kirche und Staat.
Pfingstbewegung
Pfingstbewegung.
Protestantismus
Protestantismus.
Religiöser Konflikt.
Protestantism > Nicaragua > History > 20th century.
Nicaragua.
Nicaragua > History > Revolution, 1979.
Nicaragua > Politics and government > 1937-1979.
Nicaragua > Politics and government > 1979-1990.

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Call Number: BX4834.N5 S65 2007

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Perceptions Of Protestant-State Relations In Revolutionary Nicaragua
  • Chapter Two. Survey Of Nicaraguan Protestantism (1556-1978)
  • Chapter Three. Nature Of Somoza-Protestant Relations
  • Chapter Four. Protestant Responses Towards The Revolution
  • Chapter Five. Conservative Protestant Perceptions Of Sandinismo
  • Chapter Six. Sandinista Repression
  • Chapter Seven. Sandinista Perceptions Of Evangelicals
  • Chapter Eight. From Client To Rival
  • Appendix A. Maps Of Nicaragua
  • Appendix B. Selected Biographical Sketches
  • Appendix C. Gustavo Parajón's Response To Allegations That Cepad Misused Donated Funds To Buy Eleven Jeeps For The Sandinista Police (Reproduced In Full)
  • Bibliography
  • Index.