Power in powerlessness : a study of Pentecostal life worlds in urban Chile /

Power in powerlessness : a study of Pentecostal life worlds in urban Chile /

Exploring the ritual and everyday religious practices through which Pentecostal life worlds unfold this book breaks new ground in the study of Latin American and global Pentecostalism. In addition to asking the familiar question of why many lower class Latin Americans convert to Pentecostalism, the...

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Main Author: Lindhardt, Martin.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2012.

Series: Religion in the Americas 12.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223301.

Subjects:

Pentecostalism > Chile > Valparaiso.
City churches > Chile > Valparaiso.
RELIGION / Christianity / History.
Valparaiso (Chile) > Religious life and customs.

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Call Number: BR1644.5.C5 L56 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Analytical framework: Pentecostalism, charisma, rhetoric, and discourse
  • Historical background
  • Chilean social space and the positions of Pentecostals
  • Pentecostalism as a cultural critique
  • Conversion
  • When God interferes: ritual, empowerment, and divine presence
  • Banal re-enchantment
  • Pentecostalism and gender
  • Why the Devil Is Satan so important in Chilean Pentecostalism?
  • Another end of history: eschatology, conspiracy theories, and global imagination.