Transmitting the spirit religious conversion, media, and urban violence in Brazil

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

Author/creator	Oosterbaan, Martijn, 1975-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Description	x, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Pentecostalism--Brazil. Mass media--Brazil. Mass media--Religious aspects --Pentecostal churches. Conversion--Pentecostal churches. Slums--Brazil --Rio de Janeiro. Urban violence--Brazil.

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.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-240) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2017006195
ISBN	9780271078434 (cloth : alk. paper)

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