Negotiating respect: pentecostalism, masculinity, and the politics of spiritual authority in the Dominican Republic

In his study of a barrio of Villa Altagracia, Brendan Thornton examines the appeal of Pentecostalism by showing how conversion inverts traditional models of legitimacy, transforming narratives of spiritual authority that, once based on virtue, are now based on redemption

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Main Author: Thornton, Brendan Jamal (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Gainesville Tallahassee Tampa University Press of Florida [2016]
In:Year: 2016
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Dominican Republic / Religious life / Pentecostal churches / Young man / Masculinity
Further subjects:B Evangelicalism Relations Catholic Church
B Evangelicalism (Dominican Republic) History
B Catholic Church Relations Evangelicalism Catholic Church
B Pentecostalism History Dominican Republic Villa Altagracia (San Cristóbal)
B Poor Religious life History Dominican Republic Villa Altagracia (San Cristóbal)
B Poor Religious life (Dominican Republic) (Villa Altagracia (San Cristóbal)) History
B Interfaith Relations
B Pentecostalism (Dominican Republic) (Villa Altagracia (San Cristóbal)) History
B Poor Religious life Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Villa Altagracia (San Cristóbal) History
B Catholic Church Relations Evangelicalism
B Pentecostalism
B Evangelicalism
B Evangelicalism History Dominican Republic
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