The Adaptability of Pentecostalism:

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" The Adaptability of Pentecostalism: "
Gerardo Marti

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1080690
Doc. No	:	LA124319
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157007412X621662‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Gerardo Marti
Title & Author	:	The Adaptability of Pentecostalism: [Article] : The Fit between Prosperity Theology and Globalized Individualization in a Los Angeles Church\ Gerardo Marti
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Pneuma
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	34/1
Page No	:	5–25
Abstract	:	A main theme in the study of global Pentecostalism is its adaptability to the modern world system; yet, the way in which adaptability “works” is not well theorized. Hannah Arendt’s analysis of “the private and public realm” and Ulrich Beck’s description of “individualization and self-culture” offer heuristic frameworks for understanding how prosperity theology is well-suited to macro-historical patterns that address the growing individualization of everyday life, especially in relation to uncertain career paths and risk-oriented work structures. Arendt’s and Beck’s theoretical conceptualizations move away from sect-like notions of Pentecostals cultivating a bounded system among the non-Spirit-filled natives. Instead, their theoretical conceptualizations reveal Pentecostalism — especially in its prosperity orientation — to be fully compatible with individualization processes experienced by and demanded from today’s workers. A case study of the ministry of Oasis Christian Center to Hollywood entertainment industry workers illustrates connections between the Prosperity/Word of Faith orientation of the congregation and overarching processes of individualization. A main theme in the study of global Pentecostalism is its adaptability to the modern world system; yet, the way in which adaptability “works” is not well theorized. Hannah Arendt’s analysis of “the private and public realm” and Ulrich Beck’s description of “individualization and self-culture” offer heuristic frameworks for understanding how prosperity theology is well-suited to macro-historical patterns that address the growing individualization of everyday life, especially in relation to uncertain career paths and risk-oriented work structures. Arendt’s and Beck’s theoretical conceptualizations move away from sect-like notions of Pentecostals cultivating a bounded system among the non-Spirit-filled natives. Instead, their theoretical conceptualizations reveal Pentecostalism — especially in its prosperity orientation — to be fully compatible with individualization processes experienced by and demanded from today’s workers. A case study of the ministry of Oasis Christian Center to Hollywood entertainment industry workers illustrates connections between the Prosperity/Word of Faith orientation of the congregation and overarching processes of individualization.
Descriptor	:	adaptability
Descriptor	:	capitalism
Descriptor	:	church
Descriptor	:	congregations
Descriptor	:	ethnography
Descriptor	:	globalization
Descriptor	:	Hollywood
Descriptor	:	identity
Descriptor	:	individualism
Descriptor	:	Los Angeles
Descriptor	:	Prosperity Theology
Descriptor	:	sociology
Descriptor	:	theory
Descriptor	:	Word of Faith
Descriptor	:	work and occupations
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157007412X621662‬