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Born again in Brazil : the Pentecostal boom and the pathogens of poverty / R. Andrew Chesnut.
By: Chesnut, R. Andrew.
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BookPublisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1997Description: x, 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0813524059 (cloth : alk. paper); 0813524067 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Pentecostal churches -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century | Spiritual healing -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century | Poor -- Brazil -- Religious life | Brazil -- Church history -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 289.9/4/098109049 Review: "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/
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| BX8762 .A3 .C42 1995 THE PENTECOSTAL PULPIT : STUDIES IN THE ART OF PREACHING | BX8762 .A44 THE UNFAILING STREAM : A CHARISMATIC CHURCH HISTORY IN OUTLINE | BX8762 .A44 C.2 THE UNFAILING STREAM : A CHARISMATIC CHURCH HISTORY IN OUTLINE | BX8762 .A45 .B625 Born again in Brazil : | BX8762 .A45 .B66 1994 Coping with poverty : | BX8762 .A45 .C2 The Spirit said Go : | BX8762 .A45 .G4 THE PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT : A SHORT HISTORY AND AN INTERPRETATION FOR BRITISH READERS |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index.
"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/
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