Transmitting the Spirit : Religious Conversion, Media, and Urban Violence in Brazil /

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"Examines Pentecostalism, media, society, and culture in the turbulent favelas of Brazil. Explores both the evolving role of religion in Latin America and the proliferation of religious ideas and practices in the postmodern world"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oosterbaan, Martijn, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban violence.
Slums.
Pentecostalism.
Mass media.
Mass media > Religious aspects > Pentecostal churches.
RELIGION > Christianity > Pentecostal & Charismatic.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
Violence urbaine > Bresil.
Medias > Aspect religieux > Églises pentecôtistes.
Medias > Bresil.
Mouvement charismatique > Bresil.
Urban violence > Brazil.
Slums > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Conversion > Pentecostal churces.
Mass media > Brazil.
Pentecostalism > Brazil.
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Manichean city : socio-spatial segregation and Pentecostalism
  • Sonic struggles : sound, religion, and space in the favelas
  • Mass mediating spiritual battles : Pentecostalism and the daily news
  • "Deliver this favela" : space, violence, and hypermediated conversion
  • Spiritual attunement : Pentecostalism and listening
  • "Written by the devil" : suspicious television.

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