Chesnut Pragmatic

"the African diasporan religions, Pentecostalism and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) are thriving in the region in large measure due to the popularity of their products among women from the popular classes."¹ (20)

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in relation to CEBs and Pentecostal communities claims that studies have seen both patriarchal and liberating elements with a prevalence of the latter.² (21)

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" The appeal of the CCR, diasporan groups, and Pentecostalism is firmly rooted in the crises and affliction that results from the inability of women to realize their practical interests, such as health and family, in the face of grinding poverty."³

1RA Chesnut, 'Pragmatic Consumers and Practical Products: The Success of Pneumacentric Religion among Women in Latin America's New Religious Economy' Review of Religious Research 45:1 (2003), 20–31, 20.

2RA Chesnut, 'Pragmatic Consumers and Practical Products: The Success of Pneumacentric Religion among Women in Latin America's New Religious Economy' Review of Religious Research 45:1 (2003), 20–31, 21.

3RA Chesnut, 'Pragmatic Consumers and Practical Products: The Success of Pneumacentric Religion among Women in Latin America's New Religious Economy' Review of Religious Research 45:1 (2003), 20–31, 21.