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Author Oosterbaan, Martijn, 1975- author.

Title Transmitting the spirit : religious conversion, media, and urban violence in Brazil / Martijn Oosterbaan
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Pentecostalism -- Brazil
Mass media -- Brazil
Mass media -- Religious aspects -- Pentecostal churches.
Conversion -- Pentecostal churces
Slums -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro
Urban violence -- Brazil
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Pentecostal & Charismatic.
Mass media -- Religious aspects -- Pentecostal churches
Mass media
Pentecostalism
Slums
Urban violence
Brazil
Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271080666
0271080663