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3. Conversion Careers in Latin America

Entering and Leaving Church among Pentecostals, Catholics, and Mormons
  • Henri Gooren
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Conversion of a Continent
This chapter is in the book Conversion of a Continent
© 2019 Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick

© 2019 Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
  4. PART ONE. Approaches to Conversion
  5. 1. Understanding Conversion in the Americas 3
  6. 2. Analyzing Conversion in Latin America 33
  7. 3. Conversion Careers in Latin America 52
  8. 4. Specialized Spirits 72
  9. 5. Relational Analysis of Religious Conversion and Social Change 93
  10. PART TWO. Conversion to What?
  11. 6. Conversion from Afro-Brazilian Religions to Neo-Pentecostalism 115
  12. 7. Conversion to Afro-Brazilian Religions in Buenos Aires 133
  13. 8. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal 153
  14. 9. Conversion to Native Spirituality in the Andes 174
  15. PART THREE. The Implications of Conversion
  16. 10. Indigenous Conversion to Catholicism 199
  17. 11. Stop Suffering? 218
  18. 12. Healing the Nation 239
  19. 13. The Politics of Pentecostalized Religion 256
  20. CONTRIBUTORS 281
  21. INDEX 285
https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813544021-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
  4. PART ONE. Approaches to Conversion
  5. 1. Understanding Conversion in the Americas 3
  6. 2. Analyzing Conversion in Latin America 33
  7. 3. Conversion Careers in Latin America 52
  8. 4. Specialized Spirits 72
  9. 5. Relational Analysis of Religious Conversion and Social Change 93
  10. PART TWO. Conversion to What?
  11. 6. Conversion from Afro-Brazilian Religions to Neo-Pentecostalism 115
  12. 7. Conversion to Afro-Brazilian Religions in Buenos Aires 133
  13. 8. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal 153
  14. 9. Conversion to Native Spirituality in the Andes 174
  15. PART THREE. The Implications of Conversion
  16. 10. Indigenous Conversion to Catholicism 199
  17. 11. Stop Suffering? 218
  18. 12. Healing the Nation 239
  19. 13. The Politics of Pentecostalized Religion 256
  20. CONTRIBUTORS 281
  21. INDEX 285
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