Investing in Miracles: El Shaddai and the Transformation of Popular Catholicism in the Philippines 9780824845759

Since the early 1980s, approximately ten million people have turned to charismatic businessman-turned-preacher "Bro

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Seeking El Shaddai
Chapter 2. Golden Rules, Miracle Investments, and the Seed-Faith Principle
Chapter 3. Mass Media and Religious Experience
Chapter 4. Urban Spaces of Community and Congregation
Chapter 5. Stories of Transformation and Desire
Chapter 6. Local Religious Life
Chapter 7. Spiritual Warfare in Sinag and Bandong
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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