Give Jesus a hand! : charismatic Christians : populist religion and politics in the Philippines /
Kessler, Christl, -1967
Give Jesus a hand! : charismatic Christians : populist religion and politics in the Philippines / Christl Kessler and Jurgen Ruland. - Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2008. - xi, 226 p. 23 cm.
In the Philippines, the growth of Evangelical and Pentecostal churches has not resulted in a decrease of the Catholic faithful, but in a Pentecostalization of Philippine Protestant Churches and the Philippine Catholic Church as well. The authors question common perceptions of Charismatic Christians as under-privileged masses and depict the Charismatic success as a genuinely religious phenomenon, which nevertheless might have political repercussions. (Source: www.amazon.com)
9789715505697
Religion and politics--Philippines
BL 65.P7 / .K485 2008
Give Jesus a hand! : charismatic Christians : populist religion and politics in the Philippines / Christl Kessler and Jurgen Ruland. - Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2008. - xi, 226 p. 23 cm.
In the Philippines, the growth of Evangelical and Pentecostal churches has not resulted in a decrease of the Catholic faithful, but in a Pentecostalization of Philippine Protestant Churches and the Philippine Catholic Church as well. The authors question common perceptions of Charismatic Christians as under-privileged masses and depict the Charismatic success as a genuinely religious phenomenon, which nevertheless might have political repercussions. (Source: www.amazon.com)
9789715505697
Religion and politics--Philippines
BL 65.P7 / .K485 2008
