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A Diagram for Fire: Miracles and Variation in an American Charismatic Movement
Jon Bialecki
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Paperback. What is the work that miracles do in American Charismatic Evangelicalism? How can miracles be unanticipated and yet worked for? And finally, what do miracles tell us about other kinds of Christianity and even the category of religion? This book deaks with these questions. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 line art. BIC Classification: HRCR; HRCX; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
What is the work that miracles do in American Charismatic Evangelicalism? How can miracles be unanticipated and yet worked for? And finally, what do miracles tell us about other kinds of Christianity and even the category of religion? A Diagram for Fire engages with these questions in a detailed sociocultural ethnographic study of the Vineyard, an American Evangelical movement that originated in Southern California. The Vineyard is known worldwide for its intense musical forms of worship and for advocating the belief that all Christians can perform biblical-style miracles. Examining the miracle as both a strength and a challenge to institutional ... Read more
What is the work that miracles do in American Charismatic Evangelicalism? How can miracles be unanticipated and yet worked for? And finally, what do miracles tell us about other kinds of Christianity and even the category of religion? A Diagram for Fire engages with these questions in a detailed sociocultural ethnographic study of the Vineyard, an American Evangelical movement that originated in Southern California. The Vineyard is known worldwide for its intense musical forms of worship and for advocating the belief that all Christians can perform biblical-style miracles. Examining the miracle as both a strength and a challenge to institutional ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
The Anthropology of Christianity
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520294219
SKU
V9780520294219
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About Jon Bialecki
Jon Bialecki is a fellow in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. His work has been published in several edited volumes as well as in academic journals such as the South Atlantic Quarterly, American Ethnologist, Anthropological Theory, Current Anthropology, and the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
Reviews for A Diagram for Fire: Miracles and Variation in an American Charismatic Movement
A Diagram of Fire succeeds both as general theory and as finely drawn ethnography.
Times Literary Supplement
Times Literary Supplement