O livro A Igreja Universal e seus demônios une a profundidade do olhar etnográfico ao rigor histórico e à análise sistemática de dados estatísticos, configurando um quadro contextual da expansão das igrejas pentecostais brasileiras, tendo como centro as práticas rituais da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD).
Teixeira, Jacqueline Moraes +1 more
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At the start of the 20th century, as denominational resources were accumulated, Pentecostals provided basic bible training for their ministers and missionaries. The narrative shows how simple training schemes blossomed in some cultures into universities and colleges and, in others, into accredited institutions attached to secular bodies or, in the ...
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Televangelism: A study of the ‘Pentecost Hour’ of the Church of Pentecost
The liberalisation of the Ghanaian media since the 1990s has drastically changed the media landscape of Ghana and given rise to the use of the mass media for evangelism purposes. The advent of the mass media offered churches and televangelists a unique opportunity to fulfil the Great Commission, and it is the Pentecostals who continue to use it ...
White, Peter, Assimeng, Abraham Anim
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Co-authored by three anthropologists with long–term expertise studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and healing.
Eriksen, Annelin +2 more
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Pentecostalism emerged in the early 20 th century from a "revival" within the context of North American Protestantism. These Protestants, concerned about the new ways of thinking that accompanied urbanisation and the development of the railways, opposed the theory of evolution, the historico-critical biblical exegesis and the Social Gospel then in ...
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Who is exposed and who is harmed? Social disparities in flood exposure and impact in Pernambuco, Brazil. [PDF]
AlAbbas M +3 more
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'Sometimes sheep need a vet': A qualitative study of Pentecostal clergy knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours regarding mental health. [PDF]
Muthaih J +3 more
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Sexual Trajectories of Non-heteronormative Identities in South African Pentecostalism: A Scoping Review Protocol. [PDF]
Muthivhi ME, Munyadziwa M.
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Mobilising Zionist and philo-Semitic sentiments through melodrama: Brazilian biblical telenovelas in the production of a neo-Pentecostal political culture. [PDF]
Carpenedo M.
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Adolescent and Youth Sexual Reproductive Health (AYSRH): Perceived Religious Health Assets of Churches and Their Optimization for Youth Sexual Health in South Africa's Vaal Region. [PDF]
Magezi V.
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