TY - BOOK ID - 77884836 TI - Evangelism and apostasy : the evolution and impact of evangelicals in modern Mexico PY - 1996 SN - 1282853775 9786612853777 0773565841 9780773565845 0773513795 9780773513792 9781282853775 6612853778 PB - Montréal ; Buffalo : ©1996 McGill-Queen's University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Evangelicalism KW - Protestant churches KW - Pentecostalism KW - Protestant sects KW - Christian sects KW - Protestantism KW - Evangelical religion KW - Protestantism, Evangelical KW - Evangelical Revival KW - Fundamentalism KW - Pietism KW - Charismatic Movement KW - Charismatic Renewal Movement KW - Latter Rain movement KW - Neo-Pentecostalism KW - Pentecostal movement KW - Christianity KW - Gifts, Spiritual KW - Glossolalia KW - Mexico KW - Church history UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77884836 AB - In this sociological assessment of the Evangelical movement in Mexico, Kurt Bowen highlights the demographic, social, and political character of the movement in the 1980s and 1990s. He pays particular attention to conversion processes, commitment mechanisms, schisms, and distinctive beliefs. Bowen also considers the controversial issues of religious persecution and American missionary influence. Bowen reveals that Evangelicalism's appeal is so pervasive in Mexico that if Evangelical converts all remained faithful it could become Mexico's dominant religion by 2006. This projection, however, is improbable due to high drop-out rates and Bowen argues that Evangelical apostasy is rooted in the most basic beliefs and practices of its followers. ER -