All religions are good in Tzintzuntzan : evangelicals in Catholic Mexico by Cahn, Peter S., 1975- instant download

All religions are good in Tzintzuntzan : evangelicals in Catholic Mexico by Cahn, Peter S., 1975- instant download

1 online resource (xiii, 197 pages) :, In this paradigm-challenging study, Peter Cahn investigates why the coming of evangelical churches to Tzintzuntzan has produced neither the interfaith clashes nor the economic prosperity that evangelical conversion has brought to other communities in Mexico and Latin America. Drawing on extensive ethnographic field work, he demonstrates that the evangelicals' energetic brand of faith has not erupted into violence because converts continue to participate in communal life, while Catholics, in turn, participate in evangelical practices. He also underscores how Tzintzuntzan's integration into global economic networks strongly motivates the preservation of community identity and encourages this mutual borrowing. At the same time, however, Cahn concludes that the suppression of religious difference undremines the revolutionalry potential of religion.\"--Back cover, Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and index, Print version record, Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized 2011