Transmitting the spirit: religious conversion, media, and urban violence in Brazil
The Manichean city : socio-spatial segregation and Pentecostalism -- Sonic struggles : sound, religion, and space in the favelas -- Mass mediating spiritual battles : Pentecostalism and the daily news -- "Deliver this favela" : space, violence, and hypermediated conversion -- Spiritual att...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Squatter settlements
/ Conversion
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Charismatic movement
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements KBR Latin America KDG Free church |
| Further subjects: | B
Conversion
Pentecostal churches
B Urban violence (Brazil) B Mass Media Religious aspects Pentecostal churches B Pentecostalism (Brazil) B Slums (Brazil) (Rio de Janeiro) B Mass Media (Brazil) |
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| Summary: | The Manichean city : socio-spatial segregation and Pentecostalism -- Sonic struggles : sound, religion, and space in the favelas -- Mass mediating spiritual battles : Pentecostalism and the daily news -- "Deliver this favela" : space, violence, and hypermediated conversion -- Spiritual attunement : Pentecostalism and listening -- "Written by the devil" : suspicious television "Examines Pentecostalism, media, society, and culture in the turbulent favelas of Brazil. Explores both the evolving role of religion in Latin America and the proliferation of religious ideas and practices in the postmodern world"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-240) and index |
| ISBN: | 0271078448 |