TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chesnut,R.Andrew
TI  - Born again in Brazil: the Pentecostal boom and the pathogens of poverty 
SN  - 0813524059 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - BX 8762 .A45  B625 1997
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Pentecostal churches
KW  - Brazil
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Spiritual healing
KW  - Poor
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Church history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index
N2  - "Outstanding history of growth of Pentecostal churches in Bele��?�m, Para��?�, 1910-93, focuses on Assemblies of God. Based on church administrative documents and interviews with converts, work stresses experience of faith cures of socially and biologically 'sick' slum dwellers as major motive for conversions. Also discusses church leaders in politics. Superb first-person accounts of spiritual experience make this an excellent introduction to Latin American Pentecostalism for students"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58
ER  -