{"product_id":"protestantism-in-guatemala-virginia-garrard-burnett-9780292728172","title":"Protestantism in Guatemala: Living in the New Jerusalem","description":"\u003cp\u003e Guatemala has undergone an unprecedented conversion to Protestantism since the 1970s, so that thirty percent of its people now belong to Protestant churches, more than in any other Latin American nation. To illuminate some of the causes of this phenomenon, Virginia Garrard-Burnett here offers the first history of Protestantism in a Latin American country, focusing specifically on the rise of Protestantism within the ethnic and political history of Guatemala. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Garrard-Burnett finds that while Protestant missionaries were early valued for their medical clinics, schools, translation projects, and especially for the counterbalance they provided against Roman Catholicism, Protestantism itself attracted few converts in Guatemala until the 1960s. Since then, however, the militarization of the state, increasing public violence, and the \"globalization\" of Guatemalan national politics have undermined the traditional ties of kinship, custom, and belief that gave Guatemalans a sense of identity, and many are turning to Protestantism to recreate a sense of order, identity, and belonging. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Garrard-Burnett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292728174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292728172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.69d","brand":"Virginia Garrard-Burnett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056732762367,"sku":"9780292728172","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10fcf22f-b406-485f-829e-9b8fad584f2f.jpg?v=1685042957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/protestantism-in-guatemala-virginia-garrard-burnett-9780292728172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}