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Negotiating Respect

by Brendan Jamal Thornton · 2016

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In his study of a barrio of Villa Altagracia, Brendan Thornton examines the appeal of Pentecostalism by showing how conversion inverts traditional models of legitimacy, transforming narratives of spiritual authority that, once based on virtue, are now based on redemption.

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medium · 288 pages

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