City of God : Christian citizenship in postwar Guatemala

City of God : Christian citizenship in postwar Guatemala /

In Guatemala City today, Christianity isn't just a belief system--it is a counterinsurgency. Amidst postwar efforts at democratization, multinational mega-churches have conquered street corners and kitchen tables, guiding the faithful to build a sanctified city brick by brick. Drawing on rich i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Neill, Kevin Lewis, 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Series:Anthropology of Christianity ; 7.
Subjects:
Evangelistic work > Guatemala > Guatemala.
Evangelistic work > Pentecostal churches.
Pentecostal churches > Missions > Guatemala > Guatemala.
Christianity and politics > Guatemala > Guatemala.
RELIGION > Messianic Judaism.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Evangelistic work > Pentecostal churches
Christianity and politics
Evangelistic work
Pentecostal churches > Missions
Religion
Guatemala (Guatemala) > Religion.
Guatemala > Guatemala
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Table of Contents:
  • City of God : an introduction
  • Shouldering the weight : the promise of citizenship
  • Policing the soul : the cellular construction of Christian citizenship
  • Onward, Christian soldier : solitary responsibility and spiritual warfare
  • The founding fathers : the problem of fatherhood and the generational imagination
  • Hands of love : Christian charity and the place of the Indigenous
  • Cities of God : international theologies of citizenship
  • Disappointment : a conclusion.

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