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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Main Author: Oosterbaan, Martijn 1975- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Brazil / Squatter settlements / Conversion / Conversion (Religion) / Pentecostal churches / Charismatic movement
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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-240) and index
ISBN:0271078448