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- The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in contemporary politics, law, and social movements by 'The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in Contemporary Politics, Law, and Social Movements (OEPoL)' provides a comprehensive source of information on the diverse historical and contemporary experiences of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. This publication addresses the significant ways in which the Latino and Latina populations have shaped the political, legal, and social institutions of the United States, with new and updated scholarship on political movements and organisations, important legal cases, minority-rights laws, and immigration legislation.ISBN: 9780199744626Publication Date: 2015
Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions by
This encyclopedia provides an overview of the main religions of Latin America and the Caribbean, both its centralized transnational expressions and its local variants and schisms. These main religions include (but are not limited to) the major expressions of Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Pentecostalism, Mormonism, and Jehovah's Witnesses), indigenous religions (Native American, Maya religion), syncretic Christianity (including Afro-Brazilian religions like Umbanda and Candomblé and Afro-Caribbean religions like Vodun and Santería), other world religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam), transnational New Religious Movements (Scientology, Unification Church, Hare Krishna, New Age, etc.), and new local religions (Brazil's Igreja Universal, La Luz del Mundo from Mexico, etc.).
ISBN: 9783319270784Publication Date: 2019-07-26
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