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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