Transmitting the spirit : religious conversion, media, and urban violence in Brazil / Martijn Oosterbaan.

By:

Oosterbaan, Martijn, 1975- [author.]

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Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780271080666
0271080663

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transmitting the spirit.DDC classification:

270.8/20981 23

LOC classification:

BR1644.5.B6 O57 2017eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

The Manichean city : socio-spatial segregation and Pentecostalism -- Sonic struggles : sound, religion, and space in the favelas -- Mass mediating spiritual battles : Pentecostalism and the daily news -- "Deliver this favela" : space, violence, and hypermediated conversion -- Spiritual attunement : Pentecostalism and listening -- "Written by the devil" : suspicious television.

Summary: "Examines Pentecostalism, media, society, and culture in the turbulent favelas of Brazil. Explores both the evolving role of religion in Latin America and the proliferation of religious ideas and practices in the postmodern world"--Provided by publisher.

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"Examines Pentecostalism, media, society, and culture in the turbulent favelas of Brazil. Explores both the evolving role of religion in Latin America and the proliferation of religious ideas and practices in the postmodern world"--Provided by publisher.