TY - BOOK AU - Bialecki,Jon AU - Chong,Kelly H. AU - Coleman,Simon AU - Csordas,Thomas J. AU - Gifford,Paul AU - Lindhardt,Martin AU - Percy,Martyn AU - Pfeil,Gretchen AU - Robbins,Joel AU - Ryle,Jacqueline AU - Smilde,David TI - Practicing the Faith: The Ritual Life of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians SN - 9781845457709 U1 - 264/.0994 22/eng PY - 2011///] CY - New York, Oxford PB - Berghahn Books KW - Pentecostalism KW - Public worship KW - Pentecostal churches KW - Ritual KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social KW - bisacsh KW - Anthropology of Religion, Anthropology (General) N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 examines Pentecostal-charismatic ritual practice in different parts of the world, highlighting, among other things, the crucial role of ritual in creating religious communities and identities UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450487 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857450487 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780857450487/original ER -