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A Preferential Option for the Spirit: The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Latin America's New Religious Economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. Andrew Chesnut
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Abstract

The Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR), the Latin American church's largest and most dynamic lay movement, demands scholarly attention for its extraordinary appeal among Catholic laity and its unanimous approval by national episcopacies. If the church is finally using mass media and other Protestant techniques for evangelization, it is because of the Charismatics, whose missionary zeal rivals that of their chief competitors, the Pentecostals. This study uses the tools of religious economy to analyze the reasons for the Renewal's rapid growth and acceptance. In attempting to explicate the CCR's success, the study also examines the major ecclesial trends during the movement's three decades in Latin America.

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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , Spring 2003 , pp. 55 - 85
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Copyright © University of Miami 2003

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