Faith in the barrios : the Pentecostal poor in Bogotá / Rebecca Pierce Bomann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bomann, Rebecca Pierce, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentecostal churches--Colombia--Bogotá.

Pentecostal churches.

Poor--Religious life--Colombia--Bogotá.

Poor.

Poor--Religious life.

Colombia--Bogotá.

Physical Description:

xiii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999.

Summary:

Faith in the Barrios offers a rich and powerful perspective on evangelicalism in the barrios of Latin America, exploring conversion and subsequent commitments to faith in an unstable environment of poverty and violence.

Bomann's study, based on extensive fieldwork, reveals the evangelical Protestant movement through the eyes of the believers themselves, as well as from the author's combined religious and scholarly perspectives. Uncovering deep intimacies of devotion and struggle in the lives of residents of a marginalized neighborhood in Bogot%a, Colombia, Bomann provides vivid description and careful analysis of a religious movement that is having a profound influence in Latin America.

Contents:

1 The Research Context 9

2 The Barrio: Nuevo Progreso 21

3 The Mystery of the Movement 35

4 "Arriving at the Feet of Jesus": The Path to Conversion 49

5 "Learning to Walk in the Ways of the Lord": Commitment to the New Faith 73

6 Staying "Firme en el Senor": Faith Maintenance Through the Church 95

7 "My God Will Never Abandon Me": Faith Maintenance in Daily Life 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-157) and index.

ISBN:

155587827X

OCLC:

40174513