Negotiating Respect
Subtitle: Pentecostalism, Masculinity, and the Politics of Spiritual Authority in the Dominican Republic
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: Feb 16, 2016
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780813061689
Description: In his study of a barrio of Villa Altagracia, Brendan Thornton examines the appeal of Pentecostalism by showing how conversion inverts traditional models of legitimacy, transforming narratives of spiritual authority that, once based on virtue, are now based on redemption.
Notes: Source title: Negotiating Respect: Pentecostalism, Masculinity, and the Politics of Spiritual Authority in the Dominican Republic