Power in powerlessness [electronic resource] : a study of Pentecostal life worlds in urban Chile / by Martin Lindhardt.
Series: Religion in the Americas series ; v. 12.Publication details: Leiden : Brill, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)ISBN:- 9789004218949 (electronic bk.)
- 9004218947 (electronic bk.)
- 278.3/083 23
- BR1644.5.C5 L56 2012eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
In this study of a Pentecostal denomination in urban Chile Martin Lindhardt steps back from classical instrumentalist explanations of Pentecostal growth in Latin America and offers a comprehensive analysis of the ritual and quotidian practices through which adherents live their religiosity on an everyday basis.
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