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{{cquote|The origins of this worldwide Evangelical upsurge are in the

{{cquote|The origins of this worldwide Evangelical upsurge are in the

United States. from which the missionaries first went out. But it is

United States. from which the missionaries first went out. But it is

very important to understand that, virtually everywhere and emphat-

very important to understand that, virtually everywhere and emphatically in Latin America, this new Evangelicalism is thoroughly indigenous and no longer dependent on support from U.S. fellow believers-indeed, Latin American Evangelicals have been sending missionaries to the Hispanic communiry in this country where there has been a comparable flurry of conversions.

ically in Latin America, this new Evangelicalism is thoroughly in-

digenous and no longer dependent on support from U.S. fellow be-

lievers-indeed, Latin American Evangelicals have been sending

missionaries to the Hispanic communiry in this country where there

has been a comparable flurry of conversions.

Needless to say, the religious contents of the Islamic and Evangelical revivals are totally different. So are the social and political consc-quences (of which I will say more later). But the rwo developlnents also differ in another very important respect: The Islamic movement is occurring primarily in countries that are already Muslim or among Muslim emigrants (as in Europe), while the Evangelical movement is growing dramatically throughout the world in countries where this type of religion was previously unknown or very marginal.<ref>''The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics'' by Peter L. Berger, Page 9</ref>}}

Needless to say, the religious contents of the Islamic and Evangelical revivals are totally different. So are the social and political conscquences (of which I will say more later). But the two developments also differ in another very important respect: The Islamic movement is occurring primarily in countries that are already Muslim or among Muslim emigrants (as in Europe), while the Evangelical movement is growing dramatically throughout the world in countries where this type of religion was previously unknown or very marginal.<ref>''The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics'' by Peter L. Berger, Page 9</ref>}}

== Rapid growth of evangelical Christianity and pentecostalism ==

== Rapid growth of evangelical Christianity and pentecostalism ==