TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steigenga,Timothy J.
TI  - The politics of the spirit: the political implications of Pentecostalized religion in Costa Rica and Guatamala 
SN  - 0739101897 (alk. paper)
AV  - BR 625 .C6 S84 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - Costa Rica
KW  - Pentecostal churches
KW  - Guatemala
KW  - Church history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index; Preface: The significance of religion in political life -- Introduction: Invasion of the sects or heralds of the new Reformation? Protestants and politics in Latin America -- Catholics and Protestants in Central America: understanding context and explaining evangelical growth -- Conversion, prosperity, and the Pentecostalization of religion in Central America -- The politics of religious affiliation: testing a model -- Guatemala: From missionaries to presidents in Central America's most Protestant nation -- Costa Rica: religion and politics in a context of democratic reform -- The religious politics of gender: orthodoxy, patriarchy and machismo -- Conclusion: The politics of the spirit: the political implications of Pentecostalized religion
ER  -