Competitive Spirits

Name: Competitive Spirits
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Latin America's New Religious Economy

Автор: R.Andrew Chesnut

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Издател: Oxford University Press Inc

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R. Andrew Chesnut shows how the development of religious pluralism over the past half-century has ra...

Информация за книгата

Автор

R.Andrew Chesnut

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2003

страници

198

EAN

9780195161847

ISBN

019516184X

Enbook ID

04515953

Издател

Oxford University Press Inc

Теглоt

402

Размери

147 x 216 x 19

Пълно описание

R. Andrew Chesnut shows how the development of religious pluralism over the past half-century has radically transformed the "spiritual economy" of Latin America. In order to thrive in this new religious economy, says Chesnut, Latin American spiritual "firms" must develop an attractive product and know how to market it to popular consumers. Three religious groups, he demonstrates, have proven to be the most skilled competitors in the new unregulated religious economy. Protestant Pentecostalism, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and African diaspora religions such as Brazilian Candomble and Haitian Vodou have emerged as the most profitable religious producers. Chesnut explores the general effects of a free market, such as introduction of consumer taste and product specialization, and shows how they have played out in the Latin American context. He notes, for example, that women make up the majority of the religious consumer market, and explores how the three groups have developed to satisfy women's tastes and preferences. Moving beyond the Pentecostal boom and the rise and fall of liberation theology, Chesnut provides a fascinating portrait of the Latin American religious landscape.

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