- Bookcover of The Crossroads of Religion and Development
- Booktitle:
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The Crossroads of Religion and Development
Guatemala's Ixil Region, Evangelical Religion, and General Ríos Montt
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2011-04-07 )
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- ISBN-13:
978-3-8443-1497-7
- ISBN-10:
- 3844314970
- EAN:
- 9783844314977
- Book language:
- Blurb/Shorttext:
- This book explores how a group of evangelical Christians aided the Guatemalan army's counterinsurgency campaign – logistically, financially, and theologically – in the highlands of Guatemala in 1982 and 1983. It explains how the military government of General José Efraín Ríos Montt turned to evangelical Christianity to buttress anti- communist and neoliberal development programs in one particular highland area, the Ixil Region. The book also sheds light on why U.S and Guatemalan evangelical missionaries willfully supported a right- wing dictatorship, embracing their role as "spiritual soldiers" and legitimizing the Guatemalan army through theological teachings and relief work.
- Publishing house:
- LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
- Website:
- https://www.lap-publishing.com/
- By (author) :
- Blake C. Scott
- Number of pages:
- 96
- Published at:
- 2011-04-07
- Stock:
- Available
- Category:
- History
- Price:
- 49.00 €
- Keywords:
- Guatemala, Counterinsurgency, Evangelical Religion, Ríos Montt, Ronald Reagan., Ronald Reagan
