Revolution, revival, and religious conflict in Sandinista Nicaragua /
Smith, Calvin L.
Revolution, revival, and religious conflict in Sandinista Nicaragua / by Calvin L. Smith. - 1 online resource. - Brill eBook titles 2007 . - Religion in the Americas 6. Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223073. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-305) and index.
Preliminary Materials -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Perceptions Of Protestant-State Relations In Revolutionary Nicaragua -- Chapter Two. Survey Of Nicaraguan Protestantism (1556–1978) -- Chapter Three. Nature Of Somoza-Protestant Relations -- Chapter Four. Protestant Responses Towards The Revolution -- Chapter Five. Conservative Protestant Perceptions Of Sandinismo -- Chapter Six. Sandinista Repression -- Chapter Seven. Sandinista Perceptions Of Evangelicals -- Chapter Eight. From Client To Rival -- Appendix A. Maps Of Nicaragua -- Appendix B. Selected Biographical Sketches -- Appendix C. Gustavo Parajón’s Response To Allegations That Cepad Misused Donated Funds To Buy Eleven Jeeps For The Sandinista Police (Reproduced In Full) -- Bibliography -- Index.
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This interdisciplinary study breaks new ground by exploring relations between Protestants (mainly Pentecostals) and the Sandinistas in revolutionary Nicaragua, which to date have received scant attention. It challenges the view that most Protestants supported the Sandinistas (in fact, the majority vigorously opposed them) and establishes why many believed Nicaragua was heading towards communism or totalitarianism. Meanwhile, the Sandinistas expressed irritation with Pentecostalism’s otherworldliness and support for Israel. Pentecostals were harassed, even brutally repressed in the northern highlands, leading many to join the Contras. That a minority of Protestants supported the Sandinistas caused further problems. Pentecostals and Sandinistas were ideological rivals offering an alternative vision to the poor: revolution or revival. As Pentecostalism exploded, a collision between the two was inevitable.
9789047419358
10.1163/ej.9789004156456.i-312 DOI
2007296942
B0704292 bccb
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.
Sandinistische Nationale Befreiungsfront
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional--History.
1979-1990
Geschichte.
Kirche und Staat.
Pfingstbewegung
Pfingstbewegung.
Protestantismus
Protestantismus.
Religiöser Konflikt.
Protestantism--History--Nicaragua--20th century.
Nicaragua.
Nicaragua--History--Revolution, 1979.
Nicaragua--Politics and government--1937-1979.
Nicaragua--Politics and government--1979-1990.
BX4834.N5 / S65 2007
322/.1097285090
Revolution, revival, and religious conflict in Sandinista Nicaragua / by Calvin L. Smith. - 1 online resource. - Brill eBook titles 2007 . - Religion in the Americas 6. Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223073. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-305) and index.
Preliminary Materials -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Perceptions Of Protestant-State Relations In Revolutionary Nicaragua -- Chapter Two. Survey Of Nicaraguan Protestantism (1556–1978) -- Chapter Three. Nature Of Somoza-Protestant Relations -- Chapter Four. Protestant Responses Towards The Revolution -- Chapter Five. Conservative Protestant Perceptions Of Sandinismo -- Chapter Six. Sandinista Repression -- Chapter Seven. Sandinista Perceptions Of Evangelicals -- Chapter Eight. From Client To Rival -- Appendix A. Maps Of Nicaragua -- Appendix B. Selected Biographical Sketches -- Appendix C. Gustavo Parajón’s Response To Allegations That Cepad Misused Donated Funds To Buy Eleven Jeeps For The Sandinista Police (Reproduced In Full) -- Bibliography -- Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This interdisciplinary study breaks new ground by exploring relations between Protestants (mainly Pentecostals) and the Sandinistas in revolutionary Nicaragua, which to date have received scant attention. It challenges the view that most Protestants supported the Sandinistas (in fact, the majority vigorously opposed them) and establishes why many believed Nicaragua was heading towards communism or totalitarianism. Meanwhile, the Sandinistas expressed irritation with Pentecostalism’s otherworldliness and support for Israel. Pentecostals were harassed, even brutally repressed in the northern highlands, leading many to join the Contras. That a minority of Protestants supported the Sandinistas caused further problems. Pentecostals and Sandinistas were ideological rivals offering an alternative vision to the poor: revolution or revival. As Pentecostalism exploded, a collision between the two was inevitable.
9789047419358
10.1163/ej.9789004156456.i-312 DOI
2007296942
B0704292 bccb
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.
Sandinistische Nationale Befreiungsfront
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional--History.
1979-1990
Geschichte.
Kirche und Staat.
Pfingstbewegung
Pfingstbewegung.
Protestantismus
Protestantismus.
Religiöser Konflikt.
Protestantism--History--Nicaragua--20th century.
Nicaragua.
Nicaragua--History--Revolution, 1979.
Nicaragua--Politics and government--1937-1979.
Nicaragua--Politics and government--1979-1990.
BX4834.N5 / S65 2007
322/.1097285090