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Transmitting the spirit : religious conversion, media, and urban violence in Brazil / Martijn Oosterbaan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780271080666
  • 0271080663
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transmitting the spirit.DDC classification:
  • 270.8/20981 23
LOC classification:
  • BR1644.5.B6 O57 2017eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The Manichean city : socio-spatial segregation and Pentecostalism -- Sonic struggles : sound, religion, and space in the favelas -- Mass mediating spiritual battles : Pentecostalism and the daily news -- "Deliver this favela" : space, violence, and hypermediated conversion -- Spiritual attunement : Pentecostalism and listening -- "Written by the devil" : suspicious television.
Summary: "Examines Pentecostalism, media, society, and culture in the turbulent favelas of Brazil. Explores both the evolving role of religion in Latin America and the proliferation of religious ideas and practices in the postmodern world"--Provided by publisher
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1573899

"Examines Pentecostalism, media, society, and culture in the turbulent favelas of Brazil. Explores both the evolving role of religion in Latin America and the proliferation of religious ideas and practices in the postmodern world"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Manichean city : socio-spatial segregation and Pentecostalism -- Sonic struggles : sound, religion, and space in the favelas -- Mass mediating spiritual battles : Pentecostalism and the daily news -- "Deliver this favela" : space, violence, and hypermediated conversion -- Spiritual attunement : Pentecostalism and listening -- "Written by the devil" : suspicious television.

Print version record.