Violent Conversion: Brazilian Pentecostalism and Urban Women in Mozambique
Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge
James Currey
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion in Transforming Africa
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Van de Kamp, Linda: Violent Conversion : Brazilian Pentecostalism and Urban Women in Mozambique. - Melton : Boydell & Brewer,c2016. - 9781847011527 |
| Summary: | Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Brazilian Pentecostalism in Maputo -- Pentecostalism, family and gender -- Pentecostalism, rupture and (in)security -- Pentecostalism, development and prosperity -- Pentecostal pioneering and violent conversion -- Research -- 1 Gender, Family and Social Transformations in Maputo -- The reproduction of life -- Wage labour, migration and the colonial state -- Colonial Maputo: a man's world -- Mother Africa and Father Marx -- The war -- Post-war Maputo: a feminising city? Conclusion: pioneering new lifestyles -- 2 Transnational Spaces of Conquest -- Religion and mobility in southeastern Africa -- Christian churches and the Mozambican nation-state -- The transnational mobility of Pentecostalism -- South-South Pentecostalism and the Lusophone Atlantic -- Pioneering transnationally -- Conclusion: becoming Pentecostal 'strangers' -- 3 Moving Frontiers: the Generational Trajectories of Pentecostal Women -- Four generations of Pentecostal women -- 60 to 75 year olds: 'it takes years of struggle' -- 40 to 60 year olds: from Socialism to Pentecostalism 30 to 40 years olds: 'we have to fight mental poverty' -- 15 to 30 year olds: self-assured and confident -- Conclusion: the rupture of continued pioneering -- 4 Converting the Spirit Spouse -- Socio-spiritual transformations -- The South-South transnational spirit of Pombagira -- Spirit spouse relations as communication -- Disconnecting the relational body -- Armed bodies -- Conclusion: violent transformation -- 5 Terapia Do Amor: Confrontational Public Love -- Love, sexuality and marriage in Maputo -- Romantic love, telenovelas and Brazilian pastors -- Brazilian Pentecostal counselling Terapia do amor -- Transnational Pentecostal therapeutic reflections and actions -- Realising love, disciplining the body -- The violence of downplaying senses -- Conclusion: a therapy of hate? -- 6 'Holy Bonfires' and Campaigns -- Burying life -- Money and changing dependencies -- Tithes, offerings and campaigns -- Business course -- Pentecostal aid: help yourself -- Conclusion: between failure and success -- Conclusion: Violent Conversion -- Pentecostalism, family and gender -- Pentecostalism, rupture and (in)security -- Pentecostalism, development and prosperity -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1782048456 |