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...
| Published in: | Social sciences and missions |
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| Subtitles: | Special Issue: Prison and Religion in the Global South |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Social sciences and missions
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| 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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