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Book SynopsisIn this book, contributors analyze the different religious ideas and worldviews present in Latin America, extending beyond Catholicism to encompass Judaism, Mormonism, Buddhism, Western esotericism, and more.
Table of ContentsPart I: Beliefs and Religiosities in only One god
1.Catholicism, Faith, and Power. The Ways of “Being in The Modern World,” between Vatican City State and the Nation-State Building Process in Latin America, From Independence to 1940
Esteban Sánchez Solano
2.Anticlericalism in Latin America: A Brief and Incomplete Overview
Rogelio Aragón
3. Another Religion? Not an American Church? Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) in Latin America
Genaro Zalpa Ramirez
4.Space and Periphery: Toward a Latin American Jewish Philosophy
Santiago Slabodsky and Emmanuel Taub
5.Interreligious dialogue in Argentina in the 20th Century up to the Pontificate of John Paul II: A Search for Peace, Understanding and Tolerance
Manuel Enrique López-Brenes and Roberto Marín Guzmán
Part II: “New Cosmovisions”: Between Mysticism and Materialism
6.Contributions to historical studies on the diffusion of Western esotericism in Latin America
Juan Pablo Bubello
7.The 19th Century Central American Masonic Project, Modernity, and the Catholic Church
Ricardo Martínez Esquivel
8.Theosophical Development in the Pan-Hispanic World (1890-1930)
José Ricardo Chaves
9.Spiritism in Latin America at the turn of the 19th century: The cases of Argentina, Brazil, and México
Juan Pablo Bubello, Marco José Diniz Silva, and Mariano Villalta
10.Manifestations of Commercialized Buddhism in Latin America - A Systematic Approach
Frank Usarski and Rafael Shoji
11.The Cult of Personality as a Quasi-Religion: Latin American Presidents and Dictators (1930-2013)
Pablo Alberto Baisotti
12.An Approach to Compatibility Between Socialist Governments and Christianity in Latin America
Yván Pozuelo Andrés
