The Rise of Pentecostalism in Modern El Salvador: From the Blood of the Martyrs to the Baptism of the Spirit

by Timothy H. Wadkins, Timothy H Wadkins, Timothy H. Wadkins

El Salvador has experienced a dramatic religious transformation over the past half-century. In what was once an almost exclusively Catholic nation, more than 35 percent of the people are now evangelical Protestants, mostly identified as charismatic or Pentecostal.

While having some roots in Protestant missions from North America and Europe, the religious renaissance overtaking El Salvador is both homegrown and closely related to the nation's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481307126
• ISBN13: 9781481307123
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher