Christianity in Modern Latin America
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The immigration of the Spanish and Portuguese to Latin America and the complete domination over, and brutal colonization of this region turned it into a Christian territory. This continued for five centuries so that nearly ninety percent of its population follows Christianity today and the followers of other religions and domestic faiths are only few. Catholicism has been unrivaled religion in Latin America for the last few decades as result of the immigration of Latin groups contemporary with the rulers and kings were in favour of Vatican Church. The Protestant Church and different denominations, which had no opportunity for propagation and free activity, and which constitute a small part of its population have recently witnessed a significant growth.The present paper aims at investigating Christianity in Latin America in modern time. To this end, this article is mainly concerned with the latest condition of Catholics and Protestants and most important challenges they face, and it uses a library method and makes use of the latest news about Christian activities in the region. Among the important results of the research is identifying the strengths and weakness of different Christian denominations of the region. This can be of some help to Muslim leaders and statesmen, those in charge of Islamic centers and policy makers of Islamic seminaries, both Shiite or Sunni.
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Persian
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Marifat, Volume:21 Issue: 12, 2013
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103
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