Coping with Poverty: Pentecostals and Christian Base Communities in Brazil

ISBN-13: 9781566391139 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 187 str.

Cecilia L. Mariz

Opis

Contends that only by understanding the enduring poverty of Brazil can one hope to understand the growth of Protestant evangelical churches there. Using interviews with members and leaders of religious groups, this book investigates how religious groups support individualism and encourage the poor to organize.