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[email protected] Thesis for the Master of Arts in the Study of the Americas Submitted by W. O. Collazo Evangelizing Neoliberalism through Megachurches in Latin America and the United States 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents - 2 Acknowledgments - 3 Section I - 6 The Cold War Foundations of the Modern Megachurch in the Americas: Between Pentecostalism and Neoliberalism Section II - 26 Chile: The Point of First Contact, 1973 Section III - 68 Neopopulism and the Megachurch in Puerto Rico, 1992 Section IV - 111 Ministry Inc.: Latinos, the Megachurch and Neoliberalism in the United States, 2016 Section V -173 Conclusion Bibliography -187 2 Acknowledgments I have never written an academic work that affords me the space to acknowledge those who have provided me with their assistance and support. I am glad to have such an opportunity because it is long overdue. I begin by thanking Professor Martin Woessner for being a terrific mentor to me as I worked on this thesis. He is also a terrific professor in class, which I know is an opinion shared by so many of his students.