TY - BOOK AU - Lynch,John TI - New worlds : : a religious history of Latin America SN - 9780300166804 (cl : alk. paper) AV - BR 600 L987n 2012 U1 - 278 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Religión KW - Historia KW - América Latina KW - Iglesia KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Religion and empire -- Christianity in a new world -- Religion in the Age of Enlightenment -- Independence: a sinful revolution -- Creating a Latin American church -- The religion of the people -- Church and state in a liberal world -- New century, new challenges -- The church and the dictators -- Religion and revolution -- Difference and diversity -- Between liberation and tradition; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web N2 - This volume encompasses the time period from the first Christian evangelists' arrival in Latin America to the dictators of the late 20th century. Lynch sets out to explore the reception of Christianity by native peoples and how it influenced their social and religious lives as the centuries passed ER -