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The Embattled but Empowered Community: Comparing Understandings of Spiritual Power in Argentine Popular and Pentecostal Cosmologies

By Wilma Wells Davies

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2010
ISBN
9004178309, 9789004178304
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4383256 bytes)
Series
Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies
Edition
1st
Pages
319\338
Time added
2017-03-23 11:39:00
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The global phenomenon of Pentecostal growth continues to interest scholars, particularly its local manifestations. Although previous explanations may have noted the connections between the cultural substrata and local Pentecostal practices, this book concentrates on seeking out the connections. Using both extensive field research and reflection on Latin American scholarship, the author proposes that a major link exists at the level of worldview assumptions, particularly in understandings of spiritual power. The book concludes with a reflection on the implications a conversion based on the search for spiritual power has for the future of the evangelical church in Latin America.

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