New Faces of God in Latin America: Emerging Forms of Vernacular Christianity

ISBN-13: 9780197529270 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 300 str.

Virginia Garrard

Recenzje

One great area for current research is that of lived or vernacular religion, or how ordinary people actually understand and practice faith, often running flat contrary to what established churches and institutions specify. A splendid example of this is Virginia Garrard's highly readable New Faces of God in Latin America: Emerging Forms of Vernacular Christianity. Different chapters explore a spectrum of beliefs and practices, from the definitely churched (Neo-Pentecostalism) through the more marginal and controversial (Santa Muerte and Mexico's intriguingly named "off-label saints") to more outré beliefs in witches and devils. The book benefits enormously from the author's wide linguistic skills, and her impressive access to indigenous sources.

O autorze

Virginia Garrard is Director of LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections and Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Among many other publications, her most recent work, co-authored with Peter Henderson and Bryan McCann, is Latin America and the Modern World. Her research interests include: historic memory and human rights during the Cold War in Latin America, archives and digital humanities, and contemporary Central American history.