Born again in Brazil: the pentecostal boom and the pathogens of poverty

"Outstanding history of growth of Pentecostal churches in Belém, Pará, 1910-93, focuses on Assemblies of God. Based on church administrative documents and interviews with converts, work stresses experience of faith cures of socially and biologically 'sick' slum dwellers as major motiv...

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Main Author: Chesnut, R. Andrew 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ [u.a.] Rutgers Univ. Press 1997
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Outstanding history of growth of Pentecostal churches in Belém, Pará, 1910-93, focuses on Assemblies of God. Based on church administrative documents and interviews with converts, work stresses experience of faith cures of socially and biologically 'sick' slum dwellers as major motive for conversions. Also discusses church leaders in politics. Superb first-person accounts of spiritual experience make this an excellent introduction to Latin American Pentecostalism for students"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.. - http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
Physical Description:X, 203 S. Ill.
ISBN:0813524059
0813524067
9780813524061

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