1st Edition
Charisma and Institution in American Culture Ethnography of a Catholic Pentecostal Prayer Group
By Keping Wu
Copyright 2027
152 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
The book offers an ethnographic account of the composition, leadership, and ritual performance of a charismatic Catholic prayer group. Through analysis, it reveals how the charismatic priest maximizes his authority by integrating personal and institutional power within the context of global Pentecostalism and recent American cultural history.
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Chapter One: Global Pentecostalism and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in America Chapter Two: Father Leo: The Making of the Charismatic Leader Chapter Three: Fire and Fire Place: Charisma and Institution Chapter Four: Conversion Narratives: The Making of the Charismatic Community Chapter Five: Performing the Charismatic Ritual
Biography
Keping Wu is Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke Kunshan University. With a B.A. from Peking University and a PhD from Boston University, Wu’s research centers around religions across different cultural contexts, with special attention to philanthropy, charisma, pluralism, and gender.
