Practicing the Faith : : The Ritual Life of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians / / ed. by Martin Lindhardt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bialecki, Jon,; Chong, Kelly H.,; Coleman, Simon,; Csordas, Thomas J.,; Gifford, Paul,; Lindhardt, Martin,; Percy, Martyn,; Pfeil, Gretchen,; Robbins, Joel,; Ryle, Jacqueline,; Smilde, David,
• HerausgeberIn: Lindhardt, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

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 ex...

Table of Contents

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