Born again in Brazil
Subtitle: the Pentecostal boom and the pathogens of poverty
By: R. Andrew Chesnut.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Pentecostal churches -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.; Spiritual healing -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.; Poor -- Brazil -- Religious life.; Brazil -- Church history -- 20th century.
Description: "Outstanding history of growth of Pentecostal churches in Belém, Pará, 1910-93, focuses on Assemblies of God. Based on church administrative documents and interviews with converts, work stresses experience of faith cures of socially and biologically 'sick' slum dwellers as major motive for conversions. Also discusses church leaders in politics. Superb first-person accounts of spiritual experience make this an excellent introduction to Latin American Pentecostalism for students"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index.