03941nam 2201021 a 450 991078441830332120230721025903.01-282-35866-90-520-94014-897866123586611-4337-0841-810.1525/9780520940147(CKB)1000000000354338(EBL)301111(OCoLC)163586621(SSID)ssj0000233559(PQKBManifestationID)11202502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233559(PQKBWorkID)10220647(PQKB)11018218(MiAaPQ)EBC301111(MdBmJHUP)muse30787(DE-B1597)519438(DE-B1597)9780520940147(Au-PeEL)EBL301111(CaPaEBR)ebr10178199(CaONFJC)MIL235866(EXLCZ)99100000000035433820061109d2007 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrReason to believe[electronic resource] cultural agency in Latin American evangelicalism /David SmildeBerkeley University of California Pressc20071 online resource (280 p.)The anthropology of Christianity ;3Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24942-9 0-520-24943-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index.Beginnings -- Imaginative rationality -- Relational imagination.Evangelical Protestantism has arguably become the fastest-growing religion in South America, if not the world. For converts, it emphasizes self-discipline and provides a network of communal support, which together have helped many overcome substance abuse, avoid crime and violence, and resolve relationship problems. But can people simply decide to believe in a religion because of the benefits it reportedly delivers? Based on extensive fieldwork among Pentecostal men in Caracas, Venezuela, this rich urban ethnography seeks an explanation for the explosion of Evangelical Protestantism, unraveling the cultural and personal dynamics of Evangelical conversion to show how and why these men make the choice to convert, and how they come to have faith in a new system of beliefs and practices.Anthropology of Christianity ;3.EvangelicalismVenezuelaCaracasPentecostalismVenezuelaCaracasCase studiesChristianity and cultureVenezuelaCaracasMenReligious lifeCaracas (Venezuela)Church historybenefits of religion.caracas.christian converts.christianity.conflict resolution.cultural agency.cultural history.ethnographers.evangelical conversion.evangelical protestantism.evangelicalism.faith and religion.fieldwork.latin american history.latin american studies.nonfiction.overcoming substance abuse.pentecostal men.religious communities.religious historians.self discipline.south america.urban ethnography.venezuela.world religions.EvangelicalismPentecostalismChristianity and cultureMenReligious life.280/.409877Smilde David1522430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784418303321Reason to believe3762129UNINA