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9780813524061

Born Again in Brazil

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813524061

  • ISBN10:

    0813524067

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-09-01
  • Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

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Summary

"For vivid insight, lively narrative and persuasive use of life histories, this is o major piece of ethnography". -- David Martin, University of London

Author Biography

R. Andrew Chesnut is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Houston.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
The Spirit of Brazil
Introductionp. 3
A Prophetic Historyp. 25
Exorcising the Demons of Poverty
The Preconversion World of Illnessp. 51
Conversion: Crisis, Cure, and Affiliationp. 73
Health Maintenance: Spiritual Ecstasy and Mutual Aidp. 92
Health Maintenance through Ideology and Moralityp. 108
The Church as Institution
Authoritarian Assembly: Church Organizationp. 129
From the Assembly of Saints to the Legislative Assembly: Pentecostal Politics in Parap. 145
Conclusionp. 167
Notesp. 175
Referencesp. 183
Indexp. 191
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