Practicing the Faith
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Practicing the Faith

The Ritual Life of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians

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Practicing the Faith

The Ritual Life of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians

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Over the past decades, Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity has arguably become the fastest growing religious movement in the world. Distinguishing features of this variant of Christianity include formal ritual activities as well as informal, experiential, and ecstatic forms of worship. This book examines Pentecostal-charismatic ritual practice in different parts of the world, highlighting, among other things, the crucial role of ritual in creating religious communities and identities.

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Year
2011
ISBN
9780857450487
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. PRACTICING THE FAITH
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1 — The Obvious Aspects of Pentecostalism: Ritual and Pentecostal Globalization
  5. Chapter 2 — Laying Our Sins and Sorrows on the Altar: Ritualizing Catholic Charismatic Reconciliation and Healing in Fiji
  6. Chapter 3 — Healing and Redomestication: Reconstitution of the Feminine Self in South Korean Evangelical Cell Group Ritual Practices
  7. Chapter 4 — Ritualization of Life
  8. Chapter 5 — Adventure and Atrophy in a Charismatic Movement: Returning to the "Toronto Blessing"
  9. Chapter 6 — The Ritual Use of the Bible in African Pentecostalism
  10. Chapter 7 — Voices: Presence and Prophecy in Charismatic Ritual
  11. Chapter 8 — When God Interferes: Ritual, Empowerment, and Divine Presence in Chilean Pentecostalism
  12. Chapter 9 — Quiet Deliverances
  13. Chapter 10 — Imperfect Vehicles: Emotion and Rituals of Anti-Ritual in American Pentecostal and Charismatic Devotional Life
  14. Chapter 11 — Public Rituals and Political Positioning: Venezuelan Evangelicals and the Chávez Government
  15. Notes on Contributors
  16. Index