Practicing the Faith (eBook, PDF)

The Ritual Life of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians
Redaktion: Lindhardt, Martin

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Over the past decades, Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity has arguably become the fastest growing religious movement in the world. Distinguishing features of this variant of Christianity include formal ritual activities as well as informal, experiential, and ecstatic forms of worship. This book examines Pentecostal-charismatic ritual practice in different parts of the world, highlighting, among other things, the crucial role of ritual in creating religious communities and identities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857450487
• Artikelnr.: 39599717

Autorenporträt

Martin Lindhardt is a lecturer in ethnology at the University of Copenhagen. His research and writing mainly focus on Pentecostalism in Chile and on charismatic revivalism, witchcraft, medical pluralism, and occult economies in Tanzania.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Martin Lindhardt
Chapter 1.The Obvious Aspects of Pentecostalism: Ritual and Pentecostal
Globalization
Joel Robbins
Chapter 2. Laying our sins on the altar: Ritualising charismatic Catholic
reconciliation and healing
Jacqueline Ryle
Chapter 3. Healing and Redomestication: Reconstitution of the Feminine Self
in South Korean Evangelical Cell Group Ritual Practices
Kelly Chong
Chapter 4. Ritualization of Life
Thomas J. Csordas
Chapter 5. Adventure and Atrophy in a Charismatic Movement: Returning to
the 'Toronto Blessing'
Martyn Percy
Chapter 6. Ritual Use of the Bible in African Pentecostalism
Paul Gifford
Chapter 7. Voices: Presence and Prophecy in Charismatic Ritual
Simon Coleman
Chapter 8. When God Interferes. Ritual, Empowerment and Divine Presence in
Chilean Pentecostalism
Martin Lindhardt
Chapter 9. Quiet Deliverances
Jon Bialecki
Chapter 10. Imperfect Vessels: Emotion and rituals of anti-Ritual in
American Pentecostal and Charismatic devotional life
Gretchen Pfeil
Chapter 11. Public Rituals and Political Positioning: Venezuelan
Evangelicals and the Chávez Government
David Smilde
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index