Transmitting the Spirit
Subtitle: Religious Conversion, Media, and Urban Violence in Brazil
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780271078434
Subjects: Pentecostalism; Mass media, religious aspects; Conversion; Slums; Violence; Brazil, social conditions
Description: "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.