ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to explain why not only Dona Carmen and Dona Presentación became estranged but why the entire Tapeno population has become divided through religious disputes. It explores why Tapeno villagers and migrants either reject or are attracted to Protestantism, discussing a series of questions rarely addressed by scholars studying Protestant movements in Latin America. Raul launched an aggressive campaign both to show how Protestant conduct leads to progress and to conquer more souls. Raul's problem was not simply that his ministry was not growing. In reaction to the lack of support and the resistance of Tapenos to convert, a group of Raul's followers established a second Protestant church in Tapay. The chapter examines the spread of Protestantism within the context of economic and social change. It focuses on cultural continuity and sees the dissemination of Protestantism among Latin America's rural populations as a result of traditional relations of domination and exploitation.
