Lived religion, Pentecostalism, and social activism in authoritarian Chile
Subtitle: giving life to the faith
By: by Joseph Florez
Series: Religion in the Americas series -- volume 20
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004453708; 9789004454019
Subjects: Pentecostalism; Pentecostals; Political activity; Dictatorship; Christianity and politics; Church and social problems; Religious life and customs; Politics and government
Description: "In Giving Life to the Faith, Joseph Florez explores Pentecostal social engagement as it was folded into the extraordinary circumstances of everyday life during the Chilean military dictatorship (1973 - 1990). Florez traces Pentecostal activism, commonly portrayed as politically aloof or inert, through the life stories of the believers themselves and uncovers the logics of survival, resistance, and belief that sustained their work in the face of ubiquitous state repression. Using archival materials and Pentecostal oral histories, Florez brings Pentecostals' religious innovations and improvisations to the forefront of discussion and challenges observers of Latin American Pentecostalism to reconsider normative interpretations of the world's fastest growing religious movement"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Echoes of the Awakening; title: Memory and every day religious experience in Pinochet's Chile; title: Pentecostal community activism; title: Hacer Vica la Fe; title: A prohibited history of Pentecostal social engagement.