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Beschreibung
A spiritual revolution is transforming the religious landscape of Latin America. Evangelical Protestantism, particularly Pentecostalism, has replaced Catholicism as the leading religion in thousands of barrios on the urban periphery. But in few Latin American nations have Protestants multiplied as rapidly as in Brazil. What accounts for this rise? Combining historical, political, and ethnographic research, R. Andrew Chestnut shows that the relationship between faith healing and illness in the conversion process is integral to the popularity of Pentecostalism among Brazil's poor. He augments his analysis of the economic and political factors with extensive interview material to capture his informants' conversion experience. In doing so, he presents both a historical framework for a broad understanding of Pentecostalism in Latin America and insight into the personal motivations and beliefs of the crentes themselves.
A spiritual revolution is transforming the religious landscape of Latin America. Evangelical Protestantism, particularly Pentecostalism, has replaced Catholicism as the leading religion in thousands of barrios on the urban periphery. But in few Latin American nations have Protestants multiplied as rapidly as in Brazil. What accounts for this rise? Combining historical, political, and ethnographic research, R. Andrew Chestnut shows that the relationship between faith healing and illness in the conversion process is integral to the popularity of Pentecostalism among Brazil's poor. He augments his analysis of the economic and political factors with extensive interview material to capture his informants' conversion experience. In doing so, he presents both a historical framework for a broad understanding of Pentecostalism in Latin America and insight into the personal motivations and beliefs of the crentes themselves.
Über den Autor
R. ANDREW CHESNUT received his Ph.D. in Latin American history at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently a lecturer there.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Part I. The Spirit of Brazil
1. A Prophetic History
Part II. Exorcising the Demons of Poverty
2. The Preconversion World of Illness
3. Conversion: Crisis, Cure, and Affiliation
4. Health Maintenance: Spiritual Ecstasy and Mutual Aid
5. Health Maintenance through Ideology and Morality
Part III. The Church as Institution
6. Authoritarian Assembly: Church Organization
7. From the Assembly of Saints to the Legislative Assembly: Pentecostal Politics in Para
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780813524061
ISBN-10: 0813524067
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Chesnut, R Andrew
Hersteller: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 226 x 150 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: R Andrew Chesnut
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.1997
Gewicht: 0,295 kg
Artikel-ID: 107305316