Power, Politics, and Pentecostals in Latin America

Informationen zum Autor Edward L Cleary Klappentext This book introduces issues in the Pentecostal movement in Latin America, including gender relations, political power and organization, and inter-Pentecostal and ecumenical relations. These themes are examined in the country case studies, which address the historical foundations of the movement. Zusammenfassung This book introduces issues in the Pentecostal movement in Latin America, including gender relations, political power and organization, and inter-Pentecostal and ecumenical relations. These themes are examined in the country case studies, which address the historical foundations of the movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Pentecostals, Prominence, and Politics -- Pentecostals, Politics, and Public Space in Latin America -- Pentecostalism and Women in Brazil -- Private Power or Public Power: Pentecostalism, Base Communities, and Gender -- Interchurch Relations: Exclusion, Ecumenism, and the Poor -- Chilean Pentecostalism: Coming of Age -- Pentecostalism, Conversions, and Politics in Brazil -- Guatemalan Pentecostals: Something of Their Own -- Brincando el Charco/Jumping the Puddle: A Case Study of Pentecostalism's Journey from Puerto Rico to New York to Allentown, Pennsylvania -- The Sound of Tambourines: The Politics of Pentecostal Growth in El Salvador -- Pentecostals and Evangelicals in Venezuela: Consolidating Gains, Moving in New Directions -- Latin American Pentecostals: Old Stereotypes and New Challenges

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• Authors: Edward L Cleary, Edward L. Cleary, Edward L. Stewart-Gambino Cleary, Hannah Stewart-Gambino, Stewart-Gambino Hannah
• Assisted by: Edward L Cleary (Editor), Edward L. Cleary (Editor), Editor (Editor), Editors (Editor), Hannah Stewart-Gambino (Editor), Hannah W. Stewart-Gambino (Editor)
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.1996
• EAN: 9780813321295
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-2129-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; South America, Cultural Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / Pentecostal & Charismatic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Central America, Mexico and Central America, Pentecostal Churches, Pentecostal or Charismatic Churches