“Penzotti’s Pathways”. Protestant Missions in South America and the Building of Secularism

This article looks into the case of Francisco Penzotti, a methodist missionary who suffered a nine-month imprisonment in Peru between 1889 and 1891 because of his preaching. It analyzes not only what happened to Penzotti but the uses that the press and protestant literature made of it: in effect, it...

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Main Author: Paula Seiguer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iberoamericana / Vervuert 2019-03-01
Series:Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
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Online Access:http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2404
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description This article looks into the case of Francisco Penzotti, a methodist missionary who suffered a nine-month imprisonment in Peru between 1889 and 1891 because of his preaching. It analyzes not only what happened to Penzotti but the uses that the press and protestant literature made of it: in effect, it tries to show how and why this episode turned into “a case” and what it can tell us about the ways in which protestants sought to implant their faith in South America, about their self-perception, about their ties with local elites and foreign powers and about the link between the introduction of Protestantism in the sub-continent and the building of a secular state.
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spelling doaj.art-a292dcdefb1f44fcaeb1e9b8179cc5782022-12-22T01:56:29ZengIberoamericana / VervuertIberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal1577-33882255-520X2019-03-01197015717910.18441/ibam.19.2019.70.157-1791976“Penzotti’s Pathways”. Protestant Missions in South America and the Building of SecularismPaula SeiguerThis article looks into the case of Francisco Penzotti, a methodist missionary who suffered a nine-month imprisonment in Peru between 1889 and 1891 because of his preaching. It analyzes not only what happened to Penzotti but the uses that the press and protestant literature made of it: in effect, it tries to show how and why this episode turned into “a case” and what it can tell us about the ways in which protestants sought to implant their faith in South America, about their self-perception, about their ties with local elites and foreign powers and about the link between the introduction of Protestantism in the sub-continent and the building of a secular state.http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2404ProtestantismMethodismSecularizationLatin AmericaPeru
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“Penzotti’s Pathways”. Protestant Missions in South America and the Building of Secularism
Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
Protestantism
Methodism
Secularization
Latin America
Peru
title “Penzotti’s Pathways”. Protestant Missions in South America and the Building of Secularism
title_full “Penzotti’s Pathways”. Protestant Missions in South America and the Building of Secularism
title_fullStr “Penzotti’s Pathways”. Protestant Missions in South America and the Building of Secularism
title_full_unstemmed “Penzotti’s Pathways”. Protestant Missions in South America and the Building of Secularism
title_short “Penzotti’s Pathways”. Protestant Missions in South America and the Building of Secularism
title_sort penzotti s pathways protestant missions in south america and the building of secularism
topic Protestantism
Methodism
Secularization
Latin America
Peru
url http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2404
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