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If I Give My Soul: Faith Behind Bars in Rio de Janeiro
Andrew Johnson
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Description for If I Give My Soul: Faith Behind Bars in Rio de Janeiro
Paperback. Series: Global Pentecost Charismat Christianity. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRCC96; HRCS; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Pentecostal Christianity is flourishing inside the prisons of Rio de Janeiro. To find out why, Andrew Johnson dug deep into the prisons themselves. He began by spending two weeks living in a Brazilian prison as if he were an inmate: sleeping in the same cells as the inmates, eating the same food, and participating in the men's daily routines as if he were incarcerated. And he returned many times afterward to observe prison churches' worship services, which were led by inmates who had been voted into positions of leadership by their fellow prisoners. He accompanied Pentecostal volunteers when they ... Read more
Pentecostal Christianity is flourishing inside the prisons of Rio de Janeiro. To find out why, Andrew Johnson dug deep into the prisons themselves. He began by spending two weeks living in a Brazilian prison as if he were an inmate: sleeping in the same cells as the inmates, eating the same food, and participating in the men's daily routines as if he were incarcerated. And he returned many times afterward to observe prison churches' worship services, which were led by inmates who had been voted into positions of leadership by their fellow prisoners. He accompanied Pentecostal volunteers when they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Global Pentecost Charismat Christianity
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190238995
SKU
V9780190238995
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About Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson is an Assistant Professor at Metropolitain State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He held previous positions at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California, at the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University, and was a Foreign Service Officer at the United States Agency for International Development.
Reviews for If I Give My Soul: Faith Behind Bars in Rio de Janeiro
If I Give My Soul by Andrew Johnson is an excellent book that will raise a number of important questions for researchers, especially in the areas of theoretical explanations of religion, ethnographic methodology, and the role of religion in prisons. ... this book will be required reading for sociologists of religion, scholars of Pentecostalism, and those interested in the role ... Read more