A01=Cecilia Mariz
Author_Cecilia Mariz
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- ISBN 9781566391139
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 14 Apr 1994
- Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Only by understanding the enduring poverty of Brazil can one hope to understand the recent growth of Protestant evangelical churches there, Cecilia Loreto Mariz contends. Her study investigates how religious groups support individualism and encourage the poor to organize. Groups with shared values are then able to develop strategies to cope with poverty and, ultimately, to transform the social structure. Interviews with members and leaders of religious groups, accounts of meetings, and close readings of religious literature contribute to a realistic account of Christian base communities and Assembly of God churches, folk Catholic tradition, and Afro Brazilian Spiritism.
CecÍlia Loreto Mariz, a Brazilian national, teaches Sociology at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil.
