Faith Missions and Protestant churches in Costa Rica: origin, organization and institutional platform (1890-2019)
Religious competition began in Costa Rica at the end of the 19th century with American Protestant faith missions and churches, primarily those of the historical and evangelical movement, and, beginning in the 1920s, those of the Pentecostal movement. These churches have established an operational, o...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/21222 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/siwo/article/view/21222 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Churches faith missions historic Protestantism Pentecostalism evangelicalism institutions iglesias misiones de fe protestantismo histórico pentecostalismo evangelicalismo instituciones Igrejas missões de fé instituições |
| Sumario: | Religious competition began in Costa Rica at the end of the 19th century with American Protestant faith missions and churches, primarily those of the historical and evangelical movement, and, beginning in the 1920s, those of the Pentecostal movement. These churches have established an operational, organizational, and institutional platform, such as theological training institutions, associations, media outlets, social projects, and political parties, which have allowed them to grow and achieve greater influence. |
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