Description
Book SynopsisIn this pioneering study, Elizabeth Brusco explores the intra-household motivations for evangelical conversion in Colombia.
Trade Review"This book is nuanced in many ways. For example, all Latin American countries share a history of Roman Catholic domination and ties between the Church and government; many have experienced civil war or other forms of violence, and most have also undergone a significant rural-urban shift. Brusco describes in detail how these historic commonalities play out uniquely in Colombia. The section on persecution of Protestants during La violencia is particularly poignant. " - Pneuma
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- Contradictions in a Feminist View of Evangelical Women
- More Contradictions: Colombian Evangelicalism and the Anthropology of Religion
- Research Questions: The Domestication of Men?
- Data Collection
- The Different Levels of Meaning in the Conversion Experience
- Gender Analysis in Conversion Studies
- Plan of the Study
- 2. The Evangelical Movement in Colombia
- Early Missions
- The Contemporary Picture: The Size of the Movement
- The Meaning of “Evangelical” in Colombia
- Conclusion
- 3. Religion and Politics
- Introduction
- The Power of the Roman Catholic Church in Colombia: The Concordat
- Constitutional Reform and the Concordat
- Liberals and Conservatives and the Separation of Church and State
- La Violencia
- The Effect of La Violencia on Evangelicals in El Cocuy
- Conclusion
- 4. El Cocuy: Colombian Evangelicalism on the Community Level
- Rural Life in Urban Colombia
- Choice of El Cocuy as the Rural Field Site
- Description of the Town
- Early History of El Cocuy
- Religion in El Cocuy
- The Impact of Foreign Missionaries in El Cocuy: The Lutheran Church of Our Savior
- 5. Domestic Abdication, Individualism, and Machismo
- Introduction
- Defining Machismo: Contradictions and Consistencies
- Domestic Abdication
- Psychological Approaches: Machismo and Male Dominance
- Change over Time
- Machismo, Proletarianization, and Individualism
- 6. Colombian Sex and Gender Roles and the Family
- Introduction
- Sex Roles and Familial Roles
- The Consequences of Machismo for Women’s Household Roles
- Conjugal Roles and Status Consciousness
- Case History: Rosalinda
- 7. Colombian Evangelicalism from the Household Out
- Gender Roles and Marital Roles in the Conversion Process
- The Economic Effects of Gender Role Transformation
- The Feminine Ethos of Evangelical Religion
- 8. Conclusion
- Colombian Evangelicalism as a “Strategic” Form of Female Collective Action
- Progress, Modernization, and Culture Change
- Women, the Prosperity Ethic, and the Household Writ Large
- Appendix: Fieldwork with Colombian Evangelicals
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
