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Competitive spirits : Latin America's new religious economy /

R. Andrew Chesnut shows how the development of religious pluralism over the past half-century has radically transformed the "spiritual economy" of Latin America. In order to thrive in this new religious economy, says Chesnut, Latin American spiritual "firms" must develop an attra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chesnut, R. Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: the new temples of religious pluralism
  • 2. One true faith: four centuries of religious monopoly
  • 3. Concerning the market: an anatomy of pentecostal success
  • 4. A preferntial option for the spirit: the Catholic charismatic renewal
  • 5. Entrepreneurial spirits: religious of the African Diaspora
  • 6. Practical consumers: the success of Pneumacentric religion among women
  • 7. Conclusion: Ex Uno Plura (Out of one, Many).