The embattled but empowered community : comparing understandings of spiritual power in Argentine popular and Pentecostal cosmologies / by Wilma Wells Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Wilma Wells.

Series:

Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies ; v. 5.

Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies, 1876-2247 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentecostalism--Argentina.

Pentecostalism.

Christianity--Argentina.

Christianity.

Power (Christian theology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The global phenomenon of Pentecostal growth continues to interest scholars, particularly its local manifestations. Although previous explanations may have noted the connections between the cultural substrata and local Pentecostal practices, this book concentrates on seeking out the connections. Using both extensive field research and reflection on Latin American scholarship, the author proposes that a major link exists at the level of worldview assumptions, particularly in understandings of spiritual power. The book concludes with a reflection on the implications a conversion based on the search for spiritual power has for the future of the evangelical church in Latin America.

Contents:

Pentecostalism : towards an Argentine view

Investigating the fields of the Lord : the Argentine religious field and historical context

The embattled community : cosmology and related practices

The empowered community : comparing popular and pentecostal understandings of spiritual power

Missiological implications for a gospel of power

Argentine pentecostlaism and global Christianity

Poscript

Appendices

English bibliography

Spanish bibliography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94998-5

9786612949982

90-474-4065-X

OCLC:

695988876

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004178304.i-322 DOI