More Than Opium An Anthropological Approach to Latin American and Caribbean Pentecostal Praxis

by Boudewijnse, Barbara; Droogers, André; Kamsteeg, Frans

• ISBN13: 9780810833906
• ISBN10: 0810833905
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-11
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

In this diverse collection, the authors address the expansion of Pentecostalism; the gender dimension; the analysis of discourse and practice; the power dimension; comparisons with similar, competing groups; the urban/rural comparison; and the contribution of Pentecostalism to the resolution of social problems.

Author Biography

Henriette Barbara Boudewijnse studied cultural anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, and specialized in religious studies at the State University of Groningen, the Netherlands Andre F. Droogers is professor in the anthropology of religion at the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Development of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Angela Hoekstra studied Cultural Anthropology at the Universtity of Utrecht, the Netherlands Frans H. Kamsteeg is lecturer at the Department of Culture, Organization and Management of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Maria das Dores Campos Machado is professor at the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro and MacArthur Foundation fellow Cecilia Mariz teaches at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro City Daniel Miguez teaches sociology of religion at the University of the Center of the State of Buenos Aires Hanneke Slootweg works for the Chilean non-governmental organization TER in Iquique Marjo E.M. de Theije teaches at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Allard Willemier Westra is lecturer at the Department of Culture, Organization and Management of the Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction	vii
1 Paradoxical Views on a Paradoxical Religion: Models for the Explanation of Pentecostal Expansion in Brazil and Chile	1	(34)
Andre Droogers
2 The Modern, the Magic, and the Ludic: The Pentecostal View toward an Insecure Life, an Argentinean Case	35	(18)
Daniel Miguez
3 Pentecostal Women in Chile: A Case Study in Iquique	53	(20)
Hanneke Slootweg
4 Pastors, Lay People, and the Growth of Pentecostalism: A Case Study from Arequipa, Peru	73	(24)
Frans H. Kamsteeg
5 A Farewell to Mary?: Women, Pentecostal Faith, and the Roman Catholic Church on Curacao, N.A.	97	(22)
Barbara Boudewijnse
6 Market Behavior among Brazilian Consumers of the Divine: Public Opinion Regarding Pentecostalism and Afro-American Religiosity in the Provincial Town of Alagoinhas (Bahia)	119	(26)
Allard Willemier Westra
7 Rural Pentecostalism in Pernambuco (Brazil): More than a Symbolic Protest	145	(24)
Angela Hoekstra
8 Family, Sexuality, and Family Planning: A Comparative Study of Pentecostals and Charismatic Catholics in Rio de Janeiro	169	(34)
Maria das Dores Campos Machado
9 Deliverance and Ethics: An Analysis of the Discourse of Pentecostals Who Have Recovered from Alcoholism	203	(22)
Cecilia Loreto Mariz
10 Charismatic Renewal and Base Communities: The Religious Participation of Women in a Brazilian Parish	225	(24)
Marjo de Theije
Bibliography on Pentecostalism in Latin America and the Caribbean (including Charismatic Movements)	249	(64)
Andre Droogers
Author Index	313	(4)
Subject Index	317	(8)
About the Contributors	325