Charismatic Practice and Catholic Parish Life

The Incipient Pentecostalization of the Church in Guatemala and Latin America

• Author(s): Jakob Egeris Thorsen,
• Publisher: BRILL
• Pages: 252
• ISBN_10: 9004291660
  ISBN_13: 9789004291669
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Comparative Religion , Religion / Christian Theology / General , Religion / Christian Ministry / Evangelism , Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions ,

Description:... In Charismatic Practice and Catholic Parish Life - the Incipient Pentecostalization of the Church in Guatemala and Latin America, Jakob Egeris Thorsen offers a detailed ethnographic and theological analysis of the impact of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal on the Catholic Church in the region. Based on fieldwork, this interdisciplinary study examines how Charismatic practice and spirituality permeate both local parish life and the pastoral plans of the Catholic Church in Guatemala and Latin America.

The Charismatic Renewal is the largest lay movement in Latin America and has a profound influence on the Catholic Church. This book analyses both the social and ecclesiological consequences of an incipient Pentecostalization of Guatemalan and Latin American Catholicism.