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1 online resource (vi, 344 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
PRACTICING THE FAITH; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- The Obvious Aspects of Pentecostalism: Ritual and Pentecostal Globalization; Chapter 2 -- Laying Our Sins and Sorrows on the Altar: Ritualizing Catholic Charismatic Reconciliation and Healing in Fiji; Chapter 3 -- Healing and Redomestication: Reconstitution of the Feminine Self in South Korean Evangelical Cell Group Ritual Practices; Chapter 4 -- Ritualization of Life; Chapter 5 -- Adventure and Atrophy in a Charismatic Movement: Returning to the "Toronto Blessing"; Chapter 6 -- The Ritual Use of the Bible in African Pentecostalism. |
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Chapter 7 -- Voices: Presence and Prophecy in Charismatic RitualChapter 8 -- When God Interferes: Ritual, Empowerment, and Divine Presence in Chilean Pentecostalism; Chapter 9 -- Quiet Deliverances; Chapter 10 -- Imperfect Vehicles: Emotion and Rituals of Anti-Ritual in American Pentecostal and Charismatic Devotional Life; Chapter 11 -- Public Rituals and Political Positioning: Venezuelan Evangelicals and the Chávez Government; Notes on Contributors; Index. |
| Summary |
Over the past decades, Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity has arguably become the fastest growing religious movement in the world. Distinguishing features of this variant of Christianity include formal ritual activities as well as informal, experiential, and ecstatic forms of worship. This book examines Pentecostal-charismatic ritual practice in different parts of the world, highlighting, among other things, the crucial role of ritual in creating religious communities and identities. Martin Lindhardt is a lecturer in ethnology at the University of Copenhagen. His research and writing mainly. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ritual.
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Ritual. |
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Pentecostalism.
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Pentecostalism. |
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Public worship -- Pentecostal churches.
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Public worship -- Pentecostal churches. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lindhardt, Martin.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Practicing the faith. New York : Berghahn Books, 2011 (DLC) 2010029874 |
| ISBN |
9780857450487 (electronic book) |
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0857450484 (electronic book) |
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9781845457709 |
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