Institutionally Embeddedness and Religious Change: Colombia, El Salvador, and Latin America

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Brief Overview

Why have Evangelicals increased in some Latin American countries since the 1970s? This paper proposes a theory that draws on historical institutionalism and takes the emergence of liberation theology as a critical moment for religious change.

Author

• Emilio Lehoucq, Northwestern University