INDEX

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