Transmitting the spirit :
Oosterbaan, Martijn, 1975-
Transmitting the spirit : religious conversion, media, and urban violence in Brazil / Martijn Oosterbaan. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
9780271080666 0271080663
Pentecostalism--Brazil.
Mass media--Brazil.
Mass media--Religious aspects--Pentecostal churches.
Conversion--Pentecostal churces.
Slums--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
Urban violence--Brazil.
RELIGION / Christian Church / History
RELIGION / Christianity / History
Electronic books.
BR1644.5.B6 / O57 2017eb
270.8/20981
Transmitting the spirit : religious conversion, media, and urban violence in Brazil / Martijn Oosterbaan. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
9780271080666 0271080663
Pentecostalism--Brazil.
Mass media--Brazil.
Mass media--Religious aspects--Pentecostal churches.
Conversion--Pentecostal churces.
Slums--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
Urban violence--Brazil.
RELIGION / Christian Church / History
RELIGION / Christianity / History
Electronic books.
BR1644.5.B6 / O57 2017eb
270.8/20981
