Becoming Jewish, Believing in Jesus: Judaizing Evangelicals in Brazil by Manoela

Description: Becoming Jewish, Believing in Jesus by Manoela Carpenedo 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 "JudaizingEvangelical" variant in Brazil, Carpenedo explores the surprising identification with Jews and Judaism by people with exclusively Charismatic Evangelical backgrounds. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork andsocio-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 todays religious landscape. This case study reveals how religious, ethnic, and culturalmarkers 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 womensattraction 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Manoela Carpenedo is an Assistant Professor and Marie Curie Fellow at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Groningen. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests focus on Christian movements in the Lusophone World, Sociology of Religion, Religion and Politics, Anthropology of Moralities, Jewish Studies, and Gender Studies. Table of Contents PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 - Philo-Semitic Attitudes and Zionist Discourses in ChristianityChapter 2 - Religious ConversionChapter 3 - Becoming Jewish Believing in Jesus?Chapter 4 - Imagined Pasts, Identity, and Ethnicity in Religious ChangeChapter 5 - Gender and Moral TransformationConclusionReferencesNotesIndex Review "Manoela Carpenedos thorough and perceptive study is ground-breaking. First, because Judaizing evangelicalism, a reaction to perceived doctrinal and moral laxity in the evangelical world, may portend further religious transformations, as the huge Brazilian evangelical community fragments and produces new hybrid forms. And, second, because Christian philo-Semitism, much researched in Africa, needs studies like Carpenedos in Latin America for understandingthe interaction between monotheisms in the global South as a whole." -- Paul Freston, The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America"Growing within Brazil and beyond, Messianic Judaism is a very complex and fast-changing religious field that really needs more exploration. Manoela Carpenedo offers a rich ethnography of a fascinating case study within Messianic Judaism. Drawing on a wealth of data gathered through rigorous and in-depth participant observation, her book makes significant contributions to several important debates within the sociology and anthropology of religionDL-syncretismin relation to religious revival, conversion and the elaboration of religious and ethnic identities, and conservative gender roles and relations." -- Véronique Altglas, Queens University Belfast"This gracefully written and conceptualized book is the first truly classic study of a Charismatic Christian group in the process of adopting strict orthodox Jewish practices. Focused on a Brazilian congregation, and exploring in detail how women make the move from a more liberal Charismatic church to a Judaizing one that insists they follow strenuous codes of purity and modesty, this book is also a major step forward in the study of radical religious change."-- Joel Robbins, University of Cambridge Long Description 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 "JudaizingEvangelical" 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 behindthis 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 todays 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 questionsregarding contemporary womens 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 religiousconversion, cultural change, and debates about religious hybridization processes. Review Text "This stimulating book should be read by scholars interested in exploring the ways in which different religious traditions, which tend to think of themselves as separate entities, are brought together in the contemporary world." -- Ira Robinson, Nova Religio"Manoela Carpenedos thorough and perceptive study is ground-breaking. First, because Judaizing evangelicalism, a reaction to perceived doctrinal and moral laxity in the evangelical world, may portend further religious transformations, as the huge Brazilian evangelical community fragments and produces new hybrid forms. And, second, because Christian philo-Semitism, much researched in Africa, needs studies like Carpenedos in Latin America for understandingthe interaction between monotheisms in the global South as a whole." -- Paul Freston, The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America"Growing within Brazil and beyond, Messianic Judaism is a very complex and fast-changing religious field that really needs more exploration. Manoela Carpenedo offers a rich ethnography of a fascinating case study within Messianic Judaism. Drawing on a wealth of data gathered through rigorous and in-depth participant observation, her book makes significant contributions to several important debates within the sociology and anthropology of religionDL-syncretismin relation to religious revival, conversion and the elaboration of religious and ethnic identities, and conservative gender roles and relations." -- V Review Quote "This stimulating book should be read by scholars interested in exploring the ways in which different religious traditions, which tend to think of themselves as separate entities, are brought together in the contemporary world." -- Ira Robinson, Nova Religio "Manoela Carpenedos thorough and perceptive study is ground-breaking. First, because Judaizing evangelicalism, a reaction to perceived doctrinal and moral laxity in the evangelical world, may portend further religious transformations, as the huge Brazilian evangelical community fragments and produces new hybrid forms. And, second, because Christian philo-Semitism, much researched in Africa, needs studies like Carpenedos in Latin America for understanding the interaction between monotheisms in the global South as a whole." -- Paul Freston, The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America "Growing within Brazil and beyond, Messianic Judaism is a very complex and fast-changing religious field that really needs more exploration. Manoela Carpenedo offers a rich ethnography of a fascinating case study within Messianic Judaism. Drawing on a wealth of data gathered through rigorous and in-depth participant observation, her book makes significant contributions to several important debates within the sociology and anthropology of religion---syncretism in relation to religious revival, conversion and the elaboration of religious and ethnic identities, and conservative gender roles and relations." -- V Feature Selling point: Examines the emergence of Christian groups that adopt Orthodox Jewish practices and lifestyles in the global SouthSelling point: Based on a pioneer ethnography among closed and austere Judaizing Evangelical groups in BrazilSelling point: Offers a unique perspective on womens conversion to fundamentalist patriarchal religious traditionSelling point: Contributes to the nascent area of the Anthropology of Christianity New Feature Preface Introduction Chapter 1 - Philo-Semitic Attitudes and Zionist Discourses in Christianity Chapter 2 - Religious Conversion Chapter 3 - Becomoming Jewish Believing in Jesus? Chapter 4 - Imagined Pasts, Identity, and Ethnicity in Religious Change Chapter 5 - Gender and Moral Transformation Conclusion References Notes Index Details ISBN0190086920 Author Manoela Carpenedo Publisher Oxford University Press Inc ISBN-10 0190086920 ISBN-13 9780190086923 Format Hardcover Short Title Becoming Jewish, Believing in Jesus Language English Subtitle Judaizing Evangelicals in Brazil Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2021-08-26 US Release Date 2021-08-26 Publication Date 2021-08-26 UK Release Date 2021-08-26 Year 2021 DEWEY 278.1083 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2020-09-09 Pages 300 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131688984;

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