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008			040913s2001 mdu b 001 0 eng
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010			_a 2001029876
020			_a0739101897 (alk. paper)
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035			_a(Sirsi) i9780739101896
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780739101896
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050	0	0	_aBR 625 .C6 _bS84 2001
100	1		_aSteigenga, Timothy J., _d1965-
245	1	4	_aThe politics of the spirit : _bthe political implications of Pentecostalized religion in Costa Rica and Guatamala / _cTimothy J. Steigenga.
260			_aLanham : _bLexington Books, _cc2001.
300			_axviii, 201 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index.
505	0		_aPreface: 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.
650		0	_aChristianity and politics _zCosta Rica.
650		0	_aPentecostal churches _zCosta Rica.
650		0	_aChristianity and politics _zGuatemala.
650		0	_aPentecostal churches _zGuatemala.
651		0	_aCosta Rica _xChurch history.
651		0	_aGuatemala _xChurch history.
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