Reason to believe: cultural agency in latin american evangelicalism
Auteur :
Smilde, David
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520249431
Date de publication :
2 juil. 2007
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
408 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Based on fieldwork among Pentecostal men in Caracas, Venezuela, this ethnography seeks an explanation for the explosion of Evangelical Protestantism, unraveling the cultural and personal dynamics of Evangelical conversion to show how and why these men make the choice to convert, and how they come to have faith in a new system of beliefs.