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Becoming Jewish, Believing in Jesus - Judaizing Evangelicals in Brazil (Hardcover)
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Becoming Jewish, Believing in Jesus - Judaizing Evangelicals in Brazil (Hardcover)
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An unexpected fusion of two major western religious traditions,
Judaism and Christianity, has been developing in many parts of the
world. Contemporary Christian movements are not only adopting
Jewish symbols and aesthetics but also promoting Jewish practices,
rituals, and lifestyles. Becoming Jewish, Believing in Jesus is the
first in-depth ethnography to investigate this growing worldwide
religious tendency in the global South. Focusing on an austere
"Judaizing Evangelical" variant in Brazil, Carpenedo explores the
surprising identification with Jews and Judaism by people with
exclusively Charismatic Evangelical backgrounds. Drawing upon
extensive fieldwork and socio-cultural analysis, the book analyses
the historical, religious, and subjective reasons behind this
growing trend in Charismatic Evangelicalism. The emergence of
groups that simultaneously embrace Orthodox Jewish rituals and
lifestyles and preserve Charismatic Evangelical religious symbols
and practices raises serious questions about what it means to be
"Jewish" or "Christian" in today's religious landscape. This case
study reveals how religious, ethnic, and cultural markers are being
mobilized in unpredictable ways within the Charismatic Evangelical
movement in much of the global South. The book also considers
broader questions regarding contemporary women's attraction to
gender-traditional religions. This comprehensive account of how
former Charismatic Evangelicals in Brazil are gradually becoming
austerely observant "Jews," while continuing to believe in Jesus,
represents a significant contribution to the study of religious
conversion, cultural change, and debates about religious
hybridization processes.
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