...------------------------------------------------- Religion in Latin America From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Religion in Latin America is characterized by the predominance of Catholic Christianity, as well as by the presence of other world religions. Contents [hide] * 1 Christianity * 2 Indigenous creeds * 3 Other world religions * 4 References * 5 Further reading ------------------------------------------------- Christianity[edit] The majority of Latin Americans are Christians (90%),[1] mostly Roman Catholics.[2] Membership in Protestant denominations is increasing, particularly in Brazil, Chile, Guatemala,El Salvador and Puerto Rico.[3] Brazil has an active quasi-socialist Roman Catholic movement known as Liberation Theology.[citation needed] Anglicanism also has a long and growing presence in Latin America ------------------------------------------------- Indigenous creeds[edit] Indigenous creeds and rituals are still practiced in countries with large percentages of Amerindians, such as Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Various Afro-Latin American traditions such as Santería, Candomblé, Umbanda, Macumba, and tribal-voodoo religions are also practiced, mainly in Cuba, Brazil, and Haiti. ------------------------------------------------- Other world religions[edit] The Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab in Maicao, Colombia. Argentina hosts the largest communities of both Jews[4][5][6] and Muslims[7][8][9] in Latin America. Brazil is the country with more...
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...northeastern or America is densely populated, because of the extensive corridors of the urbanization it has been called the national “megalopolis”” as stated by Molly Doane in her statements at http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/United-States-of-America.html. After years of acting as the leader for technology and the industry in America the Northeastern part of America falls off of being the leader to California’s Silicon Valley. Though it’s not towards the restaurants and businesses of the Italian, French, German, Russian, Muslims, Jews, and the English; “Huge waves of non-European immigration since the 1960s have made the United States the nation with the highest immigrant population in the world” also stated by Molly Doane in her statements at http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/United-States-of-America.html and so because of this today most of the cultures that are a part of America and its history would be the Italians, Jewish, and the English cultures. This is because before the revolutionary war people emigrated from Britain to America to the 13 colonies, then there were the Italians who immigrated to America because of the English population saying it is a land of the free and people would live better and richer than they already were. The Italians are most famous for creating the mafia and godfathers that people have heard or known about today. The Jewish have more history with America than the Italians. The Americans helped free the Jews and leads them to America so they can...
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...actually led by the freedom of religion that they aspired since the break-up of King Henry VIII with the Catholic Church. With the pursuit of these religious groups and their controversial beliefs, they were looking for a place where their ideas were practiced and their children could grow without the influence of past English religious ideas, a place to make a perfect society. That look guided them to one part of the New World, North America. The religion established in the North, in comparison with the Middle Colonies, was strictly Puritan, and they didn´t tolerate other religions. The economy of the region was based on fishing, whaling and shipbuilding. The agriculture was something difficult to practiced because of the geography of the land, which wasn´t appropriate for crops. Despite this, pumpkins, corn, beans, rye and squash were planted. In the politic aspect, we can say that Democracy was present in the North, Middle and South...
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...Week Seven Assignment: Hispanic American Diversity Axia Collage of University of Phoenix What are the differences associated with language, some of the political issues, social, economic, religious, and family conventions between Hispanic groups in America? There are many subgroups within the Hispanic Americans but the groups that will be touched on are Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans and central and South Americans. Mexican-Americans is comprised almost two-thirds of Hispanic Americans. They speak both English and Spanish, but some of the older family members only speak Spanish and the younger generations speak Spanish and English, which might be because they are attending schools in America where most of the language is English. There are more and more companies that have the option to hear functions in Spanish when conducting business on the phone. As a matter of fact, I cannot think of any company in the United States that does not include Spanish option in their automated answering services. While the language barrier is not as evident as it was before, it still exists. This makes conducting business transactions easier for this group to fully understand. The home life has a strong family oriented point of view, full of their customs and traditions of their homeland. Politically, the biggest issue that directly affects the Mexican-American population is the debate regarding the Mexican borders and the efforts which should be made...
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...The Latino or Hispanic is a term generally used to group the Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Central or South Americans. Though all of these individual ethnicities have very similar attributes and values, there are some various differences in where they come from, religious beliefs and social standings in the United States. The Mexican American was typically viewed as the person who came from Mexico to work, then return to Mexico to support his family. (Franklin, 2006) According to Franklin, the core of the Mexican American is the immediate and extended family. Many Mexican Americans tend to be very spiritual and deep into religion predominately the Catholic faith. Economically, the Mexican Americans income is steadily increasing but still remains lower than the Anglo Americans. (Hispanic Americans, 2006) The Mexican American population is growing in this country and they are not following the typical stereotype of coming to America to work the fields and return to Mexico. Many are staying and looking for permanent work in cities and education in our schools. They continue to practice their beliefs and hold the same religious and moral values as their Mexican ancestors. Puerto Ricans sometimes get grouped in with Mexicans because of the common Latin background. There is an obvious difference which is Puerto Ricans being from Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens since they are a territory of the U.S. One difference between Mexican and Puerto Rican households...
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...Christianity: A case study on Theology in Africa Today Christianity is a term that is used very broadly. Over the past few decades Christianity has mainly been predominate in the West and looked upon as a Western religion. For example, one would not expect high number of Christians in places overseas like Indonesia where it is a Muslim majority country. But as times have gone on the number of Christians throughout the entire world have drastically increased since then. According to the Phew Form, the top countries with the largest number of Christians are the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Germany, Philippines, China, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia. In fact Indonesia actually contains more Christians than the combined 20 countries within Middle East-North Africa region (Phew, 2011, 13). According to Barrett, within multiple graphs and statistics shows rapid growth of Christianity in the developing countries of the Global South, in places like Asia, Africa, and Latin America (1970). About 90% of Christians live in countries where Christians are in the majority leaving approximately 10% of Christians worldwide living as minorities (Phew, 2011). Christianity is a religion that is found everywhere throughout the world. The religion today can definitely be said to be nothing at all alike as to what it was like a century ago. Christianity has truly become a global faith accepted by people, communities, and homes across the entire world. Christians...
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...When Portugal tried to reimpose colonial rule, the prince declared Brazil's independence on Sept. 7, 1822, becoming Pedro I, emperor of Brazil. Harassed by his parliament, Pedro I abdicated in 1831 in favor of his five-year-old son, who became emperor in 1840 (Pedro II). The son was a popular monarch, but discontent built up, and in 1889, following a military revolt, he abdicated. Although a republic was proclaimed, Brazil was ruled by military dictatorships until a revolt permitted a gradual return to stability under civilian presidents. President Wenceslau Braz cooperated with the Allies and declared war on Germany during World War I. In World War II, Brazil again cooperated with the Allies, welcoming Allied air bases, patrolling the South Atlantic, and joining the invasion of Italy after declaring war on the Axis powers. After a military coup in 1964, Brazil had a series of military governments. Gen. João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo became president in 1979 and pledged a return to democracy in 1985. The election of Tancredo Neves on Jan. 15, 1985, the first...
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...express themselves through the art they produce. In specific, Japan and South America share many similarities and differences in the historical context, symbolism, form, and content of their artworks. The Japanese respected nature, disciplined themselves mentally and religiously, and practiced a specific religion, Shinto, collectively as a country, and their art displays those things. The South Americans were made up of several different subcultural societies, who practiced their own religions and were very rhythmic with the natural and supernatural worlds. The forms of art used by these two cultures shed light...
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...Religious activities around the worldReligions by country Africa[show]Algeria · Nigeria · Sudan · Ethiopia · Seychelles Uganda · Zambia · Kenya · South Africa Asia[show]Afghanistan · Pakistan · India Nepal · Sri Lanka · Vietnam China · Hong Kong · Macau · Taiwan North Korea · South Korea · Japan Malaysia · Singapore · Philippines · Thailand Europe[show]Iceland · Ireland · United Kingdom Portugal · Spain · Italy · France Netherlands · Belgium · Germany Switzerland · Luxembourg · Austria Denmark · Sweden · Norway · Finland Poland · Latvia · Lithuania · Moldova · Russia Albania · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Croatia Macedonia · Montenegro · Serbia · Slovenia Bulgaria · Romania · Greece · Cyprus Malta Middle East[show]Egypt · Israel · Lebanon Jordan · Armenia · Azerbaijan Iran · Iraq · Syria · Cyprus · Turkey North America[show] Canada · United States · Mexico Cuba · Haiti · Dominican Republic Trinidad and Tobago · Nicaragua Oceania[show]Indonesia · Papua New Guinea Australia · New Zealand · Fiji South America[show]Uruguay · Argentina · Chile · Colombia · Peru Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay Religion Portal v · t · e Part of a series on Spirituality Outline Religion[show]History · Timeline Traditional[show]Christian (Catholic) · Mysticism Modern[show]"Spiritual but not religious"SyncretismNew religious movement Practices[show]Spiritual practiceReligious experienceEsotericism Influences Western[show]Proto-Indo-European...
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... The largest minority population in America, African Americans helped to build the foundation and culture of the United States of America from the beginning. Separated from their original homeland and culture, Black slaves struggled to find a new identity, religion, language, and core set of family values. Despite hardships like slavery, segregation, lack of proper education, and divided families, African Americans created a unique, spiritual, and creative culture that thrives in modern times. Definition of African Americans The term African American refers to any Black American who is a citizen of the United States. Every Black American of African descent falls into this racial and cultural category. According to 2010 census data, they are the second largest demographic group after Whites and the largest minority population in America. History All people within the African American culture share the common history of enslavement, acculturation, and racial oppression. This history and cultural heritage provides a common bond that gives relevance to the African heritage. The most important historical bond is the recognition that most all African Americans descended from slaves. Slavery The first slaves were introduced to the English-American colonies by a Dutch trader. He sold 20 slaves to settlers in Jamestown, Virginia. After this initial trade the larger global trade pattern between Europe, Africa, and America became well established and routine. African...
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...Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blues and discovered a new world. It was later named the Americas where Spain and England fought over to gain power. In the 1600s, colonies were being set up by England to fulfill mercantilism, the belief that a nation can become rich and powerful by either getting gold and silver or selling more goods than it buys. English immigrants came to the Americas for many different reasons. Their common belief was hope in the new world to have a better life. The north and south colonies were settled largely by English origin settlers where two distinct societies developed. The English settlements had varied reasons for coming to the Americas which led to the different developments in their societies such...
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...The Southern Colonies made up of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The first permanent settlement in North America was Jamestown, Virginia Southern Colonies in North America were established by England (later Great Britain), during the 17th and 18th centuries and consisted of the Province of Maryland, the Colony of Virginia, the Province of North Carolina, the Province of South Carolina, and the Province of Georgia. The English started the Southern Colonies. The Southern Colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Jamestown, Virginia was the first successful Southern Colony in America. The surrounding area was full of disease-carrying mosquitoes and the people who came...
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...life of those living in the old south and even those living in the Northern Stares. Focusing primarily on the Old Southern States it is easy to see that slavery heavily affected the social, economic, religious, and political aspects of old southern life. To begin, the economic effect that slavery had on the southern states were numerous. Slavery allowed for enormous profits to be made by the America. The free labor used to pick cotton and other crops made it very profitable for the plantation owners and the owners of factories in the northern states. Another economic effect was the development of the south. Because slavery made it so profitable to continue an agricultural society, the south found very little use for industry and following the example set by the North. The social effects of slavery were also varied. One of the most important was the structure of society. The South was primarily agricultural because it was so profitable. It was therefore not necessary to develop an industrial base for society. Another social effect was the racism created by slavery. This contempt created between the races was a result of the institution of slavery. The effects of this racism were perpetuated throughout society for a very long time and are seen in our not too distant past. Religion was also affected by slavery. The result of slavery on religion was the creation of new beliefs and traditions. The slaves in the south were exposed to religion in their daily lives. They...
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...Richard Wright’s life has been affected by American society throughout his whole life. In the early 1900s, America was trying to cooperate between the North and South, coming out of the Civil War. Segregation and discrimination was still roaming throughout Southern society, and Richard being born in Mississippi, he was bound to experience both segregation and discrimination. After the Civil War, many former slaves and their children spread across the United States, known as the Great Migration, while others stayed in the South. Richards family stayed in the South with the Jim Crow Laws built into Southern society. Since the founding of America, race-relations throughout history hasn’t been the greatest. With immigration increasing from year...
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...ethnic group, which may confuse some people on what is considered to be a Hispanic individual and something else. The census category of Hispanic became official only near the late 20th century. The term “Hispanic” has brought on a lot of confusion. In 1940, President Roosevelt had made a “good neighbor policy” in which they had alliances with Mexico. However, when three Mexican immigrants were not granted citizenship because they were not white. Roosevelt circumvented the law and counted Hispanics and Mexicans as white, thereby allowing entry and citizenship to the country. In the year 2000, Hispanic was considered many races and creeds. For instance, someone who was Hispanic could have been of “a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American or another Spanish culture origin.” (Publications - U.S. Census Bureau). The term Hispanic also refers to the people who share the culture of Spanish people, which does not refer to race. So one can be considered both black and Hispanic, if they share same Spanish culture, similarly, a white citizen can also be called a Hispanic individual, it is a confusing term. Some distinct Hispanic subgroups in the United States would be, Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican...
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