A HISTORY OF
THE PROTESTANT MOVEMENT
IN CENTRAL AMERICA: 1750-1980
by
Clifton L. Holland
A Dissertation Proposal
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
Doctor of Missiology
School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, California
June 1981
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
CHAPTER I: AN OVERVIEW OF CENTRAL AMERICA . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER II: BELIZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
(missing graphs)CHAPTER III: GUATEMALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
CHAPTER IV: EL SALVADOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
CHAPTER V: HONDURAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
(missing graphs and bibliography)CHAPTER VI: NICARAGUA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
CHAPTER VII: COSTA RICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
(reformat and add missing graphs and bibliography)CHAPTER VIII: PANAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
(reformat and add missing graphs and bibliography)CHAPTER IX: ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
APPENDICE A: REVISED PROJECT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . 401
APPENDICE B: A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF THE
PROTESTANT MOVEMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA . . . . . . . 411APPENDICE C: A CRONOLOGY OF THE PROTESTANT
MOVEMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 595
(page numbers are approximations at this time)