A Gang of Pentecostals: Inmate-Led Prison Churches in Rio de Janeiro

AbstractThis article uses ethnographic data from two of Rio de Janeiro’s inmate-led prison churches to examine how they function. It also highlights the structural and functional parallels of these churches with prison gangs. I argue that the gang-like characteristics of these churches are an import...

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Published in:Social sciences and missions
Subtitles:Special Issue: Prison and Religion in the Global South
Main Author: Johnson, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Social sciences and missions
Further subjects:B Pentecostalism
B Prison Ministry
B ministère pénitentiaire, innovation religieuse, théorie de la signalization, Pentecôtisme, Rio de Janeiro
B Signaling theory
B Rio De Janeiro
B religious innovation
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Summary:AbstractThis article uses ethnographic data from two of Rio de Janeiro’s inmate-led prison churches to examine how they function. It also highlights the structural and functional parallels of these churches with prison gangs. I argue that the gang-like characteristics of these churches are an important reason for the success of Pentecostalism inside Rio de Janeiro’s penal system. The results of this research can inform future scholarly investigation and prison ministry initiatives.
ISSN:1874-8945
Contains:Enthalten in: Social sciences and missions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748945-bja10006