Chesnut, R. Andrew. <br/><br/>
Born again in Brazil :  the Pentecostal boom and the pathogens of poverty / 
R. Andrew Chesnut. 
 - New Brunswick, N.J. :  Rutgers University Press,  1997 
 - x, 203 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index. 
<br/><br/> "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/ 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0813524059 (cloth : alk. paper) 0813524067 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>97009191  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pentecostal churches--History--Brazil--20th century.<br/>Spiritual healing--History--Brazil--20th century.<br/>Poor--Religious life.--Brazil
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Brazil--Church history--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX8762  / .A45 .B625 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>289.9/4/098109049