Purity and the Devil: Community, Media, and the Body. Pentecostal Adherents in a Favela in Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

1st ed. The central theme of this volume is the incorporation of newly accessible mass media into practices of religious mediation in a variety of settings, including Pentecostal-charismatic churches and Islamic movements, and the use of religious forms and images in the sphere of radio and cinema. Based on a long-term cooperation, the contributors examine the role of religion and media in the emergence and sustenance of new 'aesthetic formations' that appeal to the body and the senses, and generate new styles of binding and moods of belonging in our time. Introduction: From imagined communities to aesthetic formations : religious mediations, sensational forms, and styles of binding / Birgit Meyer -- Boundary politics -- "Don't ask questions, just observe!" : boundary politics in Bahian Candomblé / Mattijs van de Port -- Purity and the devil : community, media, and the body. Pentecostal adherents in a favela in Rio de Janeiro / Martijn Oosterbaan -- "More sexpression please!" : screening the female voice and body in the Bangladesh film industry / Lotte Hoek -- Religion in the public realm -- Tamil mythological cinema and the politics of secular modernism / Stephen Putnam Hughes -- Islamic renewal, radio, and the surface of things / Brian Larkin -- The sonic architects of a new babel : the politics of belonging of DJ Shadow and Fernando Clarke / Francio Guadeloupe -- Mediating immediacy -- Breath, technology, and the making-of community Canção Nova in Brazil / Maria José A. de Abreu -- Modes of binding, moments of bonding. Mediating divine touch in Ghanaian Pentecostalism and traditionalism / Marleen de Witte -- Prophecy on stage : fame and celebrities in the context of the Raelian Movement / Carly Machado -- Seized by the spirit : the mystical foundation of squatting among Pentecostals in Caracas (Venezuela) today / Rafael Sánchez.