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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790040903321

Titolo

Pentecostal power [[electronic resource] ] : expressions, impact, and faith of Latin American Pentecostalism / / edited by Calvin L. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12046-1

9786613120465

90-04-19250-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies, , 1876-2247 ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithCalvin L

Disciplina

289.9/4098

Soggetti

Pentecostalism - Latin America

Latin America Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Latin American Pentecostalism and the academy / Calvin L. Smith -- Pt. 1. History and expressions of Latin American Pentecostalism. Redemption from below : the emergence of the Latin American popular Pentecostals / Everett A. Wilson -- Another way of being Pentecostal / Juan Sepúlveda -- Hispanic Pentecostals in the United States / Carmelo Álvarez -- Pt. 2. Theoretical treatments and political impact of Latin American Pentecostalism. Latin American Pentecostalsim : the ideological battleground / Bernice Martin -- Interpretations of Latin American Pentecostalism : 1960s to the present / Bernice Martin -- Explaining Central American Pentecostalism within social inequality and conflict : on habitus-analysis as a clue to describe religious praxis / Heinrich W. Schäfer -- Evaluating prophetic radicalism : the nature of Pentecostal politics in Brazil / Stephen Hunt -- Pt. 3. Theological analyses of Latin American Pentecostalism. Pneumapraxis and eschatological urgency : a survey of Latin American Pentecostal theology and its outworking / Calvin L. Smith -- Pentecostalism's theological reconstruction of the identity of the Latin American family / Virginia Nolivos and Eloy H. Nolivos -- Why the devil is Satan so important in Chilean Pentecostalism? : power, resistance and Pentecostal micro-politics / Martin Lindhardt -- Roman Cahtolic-Pentecostal dialogue : challenges and lessons for living together / Cecil



M. Robeck, Jr. -- Concluding remarks / William K. Kay.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the 1980's an explosion of Pentecostalism across Latin America has attracted considerable attention across various academic disciplines. This edited volume provides a multidisciplinary and continent-wide treatment of Latin American Pentecostalism by various experts, representing an important contribution to the current literature.