Forward David Bebbington; Introduction Pedro Feitoza and Joseph Florez; Part I. Conversion: 1. In Luther's path: a historical conversion letter and sermon in México by Manuel Aguas, 1871 Carlos Martínez García; Primary source: excerpt from El Monitor Republicano (México DF), 1871; 2. Two evangelical converts build their own church in Buenos Aires: Matías Fernández Quinquela and Carlota Lusbin (1900-1904) Paula Seiguer Primary sources: excerpts from the South American Missionary Magazine, 1900; and La Reforma (Buenos Aires), 1904; 3. A rural leader who became an evangelical Christian in the Evangelical Missionary Union Church of Colombia Pablo Moreno Palacios; Primary source: autobiographical story written by Pedro Antonio Aguirre Molina, manuscript archived at Unibautista University library, Cali, Colombia; 4. The origins of Pentecostalism in Puerto Rico: a historiographical look at the memories of Juan León Lugo Maricelis Nogueras Colón; Primary source: Juan L. Lugo, Pentecostés en Puerto Rico: o la vida de un misionero, 1951; Part II. New Religious Sensibilities: 5.

Protestantism and secularization in Río de la Plata, 1870-1900: the disenchantment of the 'Catholic world' Norman Rubén Amestoy; Primary sources: excerpts from El Estandarte (Buenos Aires), 1889; El Atalaya (Montevideo), 1902; and El Evangelista (Montevideo), 1877 and 1880; 6. Echoes of the awakening: a first-hand account of Sister Elena's visit to the methodist churches of Santiago, 1909 Juan Sepúlveda; Primary source: excerpt from Chile Evanjélico (Concepción), 1909; 7. Life and health: Adventist print media in Brazil Karina Kosicki Bellotti; Primary sources: excerpts from Revista Vida e Saúde, 1939; Part III. Negotiating Social, Political, and Everyday Life: 8. Renacimiento: the construction of Peru's evangelical identity Juan Fonseca; Primary sources: excerpts from Renacimiento (Lima), 1921 and 1927; 9. Flag, faith, and nationalism: Protestantism, modernization, and political fiefdom in the Brazilian backlands in the early twentieth century David Nogueira Da Silva; Primary sources: excerpts from A República (Teresina), 1908 and 1909; and O Jornal Baptista (Rio de Janeiro), 1908; 10. Protestant expansion in Nicaragua: an analysis of La Libérrima (1893) Ligia Madrigal Mendieta Primary sources: articles from the 'Libérrima' constitution of 1893 and the Reform of 1896 (Nicaragua), and La Antorcha: Revista Mensual de la Convención Bautista (Managua), 1941; 11. Operation auca: contact and evangelization of the Waorani Indians in Ecuador Susana Andrade; Primary source: Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor, 1956; Epilogue Véronique Lecaros.