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Author Abreu, Maria José de, 1970- author

Title The charismatic gymnasium : breath, media, and religious revivalism in contemporary Brazil / Maria José de Abreu
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages) : illustrations
Contents The Media Acts of the Apostles -- Confession, Technically Speaking -- Outstanding Elasticity -- The Aerobics of Jesus -- Operation Theotókos -- Ghost Chair -- Theology on the Run -- Slanted Operations
Summary "Maria José A. de Abreu examines the conservative Charismatic Catholic movement in contemporary urban Brazil to rethink the relationship between theology, the body, and neoliberal governance, showing how it works to produce subjects who are complicit with Brazilian neoliberalism."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Anthropology of religion -- Brazil
Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Religion and politics -- Brazil
Christianity -- Brazil
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Anthropology of religion.
Christianity.
Leadership -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Religion and politics.
Brazil.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1478010290
9781478010296
9781478090458
1478090456