Burdick ctd

Pentecostals: 1) judgemental attitude reduced by attributing conflict and discord to the devil 2) offer a viable solution: exorcism. Pentecostals seen as more effective than priests in dealing with the devil¹ (162)

"women who do not become members are seeking mainly a place to /articulate/ a domestic problem; those who convert find in pentecostaism the long-term /resolution/ of their domestic difficulties."² (163)

Pentecostalism "defines in unequivocal fashion proper wifely conduct inside and outside the home, thus eliminating uncertainty about the female role, and sacralizing female submissiveness by appealing to the Pauline epistles."³ (163)

in a machismo context accepting traditional roles may provide greater domestic tranquility⁴ (163)

conversion to pentecostalism seen as a means to influence the behaviour of husbands⁵ (164) even unconverted husbands are effected⁶ (164) women with converted husband have safeguards concerning husbands sexual and domestic behaviour, vigil through gifts of prophecy and vision⁷ (164) role of the pastor in mediating domestic discord; credibility in speaking as a family man⁸

1J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 162.

2J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 163.

3J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 163,

4J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 163.

5J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 164.

6J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 164.

7J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 164.

8J Burdick, “Gossip and Secrecy: Women's Articulation of Domestic Conflict in Three Religions of Urban Brazil,” Sociological Analysis51:2153–170, 164,