Timothy Goodman, in The American Enterprise (July-Aug. 1991), American Enterprise Protestant Ethic Inst., 1 150 17th st. N.w., Washington, D.C. 20036.
Protestant evangelicalism has made great inroads in traditionally Catholic Latin America. Evangelicals-most of them Pentecostals, who practice faith healing and speaking in tongues-have grown from 15 million in 1960 to over 40 million. More than half of them live in Brazil, mak- ing up nearly one-fifth of its 150 million people. Sociologist Peter...