05005nam 2201093Ia 450 991078043480332120200520144314.01-282-36005-197866123600530-520-94513-110.1525/9780520945135(CKB)2420000000002458(EBL)837168(OCoLC)773564886(SSID)ssj0000291657(PQKBManifestationID)11217307(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291657(PQKBWorkID)10255241(PQKB)11788728(DE-B1597)521106(OCoLC)1018003091(DE-B1597)9780520945135(Au-PeEL)EBL837168(CaPaEBR)ebr10343491(CaONFJC)MIL236005(MiAaPQ)EBC837168(EXLCZ)99242000000000245820090319d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCity of God[electronic resource] Christian citizenship in postwar Guatemala /Kevin Lewis O'NeillBerkeley University of California Press20091 online resource (310 p.)The anthropology of Christianity ;7Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26062-7 0-520-26063-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- City Of God: An Introduction -- I. Shouldering The Weight The Promise Of Citizenship -- II. Policing The Soul: The Cellular Construction Of Christian Citizenship -- III. Onward, Christian Soldier: Solitary Responsibility And Spiritual Warfare -- IV. The Founding Fathers: The Problem Of Fatherhood And The Generational Imagination -- V Hands Of Love: Christian Charity And The Place Of The Indigenous -- VI. Cities Of God: International Theologies Of Citizenship -- Disappointment: A Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn Guatemala City today, Christianity isn't just a belief system--it is a counterinsurgency. Amidst postwar efforts at democratization, multinational mega-churches have conquered street corners and kitchen tables, guiding the faithful to build a sanctified city brick by brick. Drawing on rich interviews and extensive fieldwork, Kevin Lewis O'Neill tracks the culture and politics of one such church, looking at how neo-Pentecostal Christian practices have become acts of citizenship in a new, politically relevant era for Protestantism. Focusing on everyday practices--praying for Guatemala, speaking in tongues for the soul of the nation, organizing prayer campaigns to combat unprecedented levels of crime--O'Neill finds that Christian citizenship has re-politicized the faithful as they struggle to understand what it means to be a believer in a desperately violent Central American city. Innovative, imaginative, conceptually rich, City of God reaches across disciplinary borders as it illuminates the highly charged, evolving relationship between religion, democracy, and the state in Latin America.Anthropology of Christianity ;7.Evangelistic workGuatemalaGuatemalaEvangelistic workPentecostal churchesPentecostal churchesMissionsGuatemalaGuatemalaChristianity and politicsGuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala (Guatemala)Religionbelief system.central america.christian charity.christian citizenship.christian soldier.christianity.christians.citizenship.counterinsurgency.crime.cultural studies.democracy.diaspora.god and religion.government and government.guatemala city.guatemala.guatemalan culture.latin american culture.mega churches.neo pentecostal christian practices.political studies.political.politics.postwar.prayer campaigns.prayer.protestantism.religion.religious studies.spiritual warfare.transnational studies.Evangelistic workEvangelistic workPentecostal churches.Pentecostal churchesMissionsChristianity and politics289.9/40972811O'Neill Kevin Lewis1977-1483902MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780434803321City of God3800842UNINA