Latino Pentecostals in America: Faith and Politics in Action

by Gastón Espinosa

Book Overview

Every year an estimated 600,000 U.S. Latinos convert from Catholicism to Protestantism. Today, 12.5 million Latinos self-identify as Protestant--a population larger than all U.S. Jews and Muslims combined. Spearheading this spiritual transformation is the Pentecostal movement and Assemblies of God, which is the destination for one out of four converts. In a deeply researched social and cultural history, Gast n Espinosa uncovers the roots of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674970918
• ISBN13: 9780674970915
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 9.0"