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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.
Price: $189.00
Pages: 319
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies
Publication Date:
27 April 2010
ISBN: 9789004178304
Format: Hardcover
"Pentecostal healing rituals appear similar to those of popular religion, an essential difference the role of the Pentecostal pastor as a preacher of the Bible (242). This finding alone marks this book as “required reading” for the study of Argentine religious culture and cosmology as well as for Pentecostal studies. [...] [T]he book is essential for religious and Pentecostal studies."
Roger E. Hedlund, Ph.D., Dharma Deepika January-July 2011, 77.
"Davies has provided the reader with a very welcome contribution to the general study of Pentecostalism, but more importantly she presents a vivid picture of the vibrant and somewhat complex Pentecostal scene in Argentina in a fascinating way. She makes it plausible that (neo-)Pentecostalism is growing in Argentina because it 'corresponds' with popular religion at the same time as it represents something new."
Hans Geir Aasmundsen, Södertön University Stockholm, Sweden, in PentecoStudies
Roger E. Hedlund, Ph.D., Dharma Deepika January-July 2011, 77.
"Davies has provided the reader with a very welcome contribution to the general study of Pentecostalism, but more importantly she presents a vivid picture of the vibrant and somewhat complex Pentecostal scene in Argentina in a fascinating way. She makes it plausible that (neo-)Pentecostalism is growing in Argentina because it 'corresponds' with popular religion at the same time as it represents something new."
Hans Geir Aasmundsen, Södertön University Stockholm, Sweden, in PentecoStudies
Wilma Wells Davies, PhD (2007) in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Birmingham. She spent nine years teaching Socio-Cultural Anthropology in Argentina and currently is lecturer and tutor at All Nations Christian College, England.