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.
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.
R. ANDREW CHESNUT received his Ph.D. in Latin American history at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently a lecturer there.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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