Reason to Believe: Cultural Agency in Latin American Evangelicalism: 3 (The Anthropology of Christianity) - Softcover

Smilde, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520249437 ISBN 13: 9780520249431

Verlag: University of California Press, 2007

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"Within the context of a continuous social crisis, I consider Smilde's book a most valuable and helpful contribution in this field." Missiology

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Evangelical Protestantism has arguably become the fastest-growing religion in South America, if not the world. For converts, it emphasizes self-discipline and provides a network of communal support, which together have helped many overcome substance abuse, avoid crime and violence, and resolve relationship problems. But can people simply decide to believe in a religion because of the benefits it reportedly delivers? Based on extensive fieldwork among Pentecostal men in Caracas, Venezuela, this rich urban ethnography seeks an explanation for the explosion of Evangelical Protestantism, unraveling the cultural and personal dynamics of Evangelical conversion to show how and why these men make the choice to convert, and how they come to have faith in a new system of beliefs and practices.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0520249437
• ISBN 13: 9780520249431
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280