Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The study is a reflection that addresses the main contributions of Protestantism to the development of the Dominican Republic in railway transportation, health and higher education between the last years of the 19th century and the end of the 20th century; Its objective seeks to identify the actions, the period and the circumstances in which they occurred, as well as the places, groups and people involved, using a methodology that is based on the observation, description and analysis of events and situations carried out by pastors, missionaries and members of Protestant churches, making an inventory related to the construction and start-up of the Sánchez-La Vega railway project, the Casa de Maternidad hospital-nursing school, the International hospital, the Dr. Elías Santana hospital and the Dominican and National Adventist universities Evangelical, which in conclusion are specific contributions of the Protestant sector to the economic, social, cultural and educational development of the country during the indicated period.
Source: Polisemia
Author: Jorge Adarberto Martínez Reyes
Institution: Universidad Nacional Evangelica
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413125859