This book is the first in-depth ethnography to investigate why some Charismatic Evangelical groups are gradually embracing Orthodox Jewish rituals and lifestyles while still preserving Christian symbols and practices. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork in Brazil, the book theorizes the reasons behind this emerging Judaizing trend in World Christianity. The book also considers broader questions regarding contemporary women's attraction to gender-traditional religions.
This book is the first in-depth ethnography to investigate why some Charismatic Evangelical groups are gradually embracing Orthodox Jewish rituals and lifestyles while still preserving Christian symbols and practices. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork in Brazil, the book theorizes the reasons behind this emerging Judaizing trend in World Christianity. The book also considers broader questions regarding contemporary women's attraction to gender-traditional religions.
Manoela Carpenedo is an Assistant Professor and Marie Curie Fellow at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Groningen. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests focus on Christian movements in the Lusophone World, Sociology of Religion, Religion and Politics, Anthropology of Moralities, Jewish Studies, and Gender Studies.
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* Preface * Introduction * Chapter 1 - Philo-Semitic Attitudes and Zionist Discourses in Christianity * Chapter 2 - Religious Conversion * Chapter 3 - Becoming Jewish Believing in Jesus? * Chapter 4 - Imagined Pasts, Identity, and Ethnicity in Religious Change * Chapter 5 - Gender and Moral Transformation * Conclusion * References * Notes * Index