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    For Latinos, Faith Matters

    By Jeremy | April 26, 2007

    Yesterday’s release of Pew Hispanic Center’s study "Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion" confirmed what Hispanic community leaders have long known to be true anecdotally. Faith matters. And increasingly, a particular flavor of Christianity is exerting special influence.
    Renewalist [a/k/a Pentecostal or charismatic] Christianity, which places special emphasis on God's ongoing, day-to-day intervention in human affairs through the person of the Holy Spirit, is having a major impact on Hispanic Christianity. Among Latino Protestants, renewalism is more than twice as prevalent as among their non-Latino counterparts. A majority (54%) of Hispanic Catholics describe themselves as charismatic Christians, making them more than four times as likely as non-Latino Catholics to identify with renewalist Christianity. The implications of this are particularly important for the Catholic Church, given that the rapidly growing Latino flock is practicing a distinctive form of Catholicism.

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