More Than Opium An Anthropological Approach to Latin American and Caribbean Pentecostal Praxis

In this diverse collection, the authors address the expansion of Pentecostalism; the gender dimension; the analysis of discourse and practice; the power dimension; comparisons with similar, competing groups; the urban/rural comparison; and the contribution of Pentecostalism to the resolution of social problems.

Henriette Barbara Boudewijnse studied cultural anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, and specialized in religious studies at the State University of Groningen, the Netherlands Andre F. Droogers is professor in the anthropology of religion at the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Development of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Angela Hoekstra studied Cultural Anthropology at the Universtity of Utrecht, the Netherlands Frans H. Kamsteeg is lecturer at the Department of Culture, Organization and Management of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Maria das Dores Campos Machado is professor at the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro and MacArthur Foundation fellow Cecilia Mariz teaches at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro City Daniel Miguez teaches sociology of religion at the University of the Center of the State of Buenos Aires Hanneke Slootweg works for the Chilean non-governmental organization TER in Iquique Marjo E.M. de Theije teaches at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Allard Willemier Westra is lecturer at the Department of Culture, Organization and Management of the Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands