Gledhill ctd

UCKG attack on Catholic idolatry and toleration of afro-Brazilian religions¹ (334)

in comparison to other churches "presents a stronger hegemonic challenge as a transnational religious community." ²(335)

UCKG both culturally sensitive and exclusionary towards popular religions ³(335)

war against spirits allow worshippers do join in a "war against the everyday evils that assail lives" as part of a grand spectacle, giving them a sense of satisfaction and a feeling of belonging to a powerful movement ⁴(335)

notes the flexible hours of the UCKG to meet the irregular hours of working poor⁵

1J Gledhill, 'Resisting the Global Slum: Politics, Religion and Consumption in the Remaking of Life Worlds in the Twenty-First Century', Bulletin of Latin American Research 25:3, 322–339, 334.

2J Gledhill, 'Resisting the Global Slum: Politics, Religion and Consumption in the Remaking of Life Worlds in the Twenty-First Century', Bulletin of Latin American Research 25:3, 322–339, 335.

3J Gledhill, 'Resisting the Global Slum: Politics, Religion and Consumption in the Remaking of Life Worlds in the Twenty-First Century', Bulletin of Latin American Research 25:3, 322–339, 335.

4J Gledhill, 'Resisting the Global Slum: Politics, Religion and Consumption in the Remaking of Life Worlds in the Twenty-First Century', Bulletin of Latin American Research 25:3, 322–339, 335.

5J Gledhill, 'Resisting the Global Slum: Politics, Religion and Consumption in the Remaking of Life Worlds in the Twenty-First Century', Bulletin of Latin American Research 25:3, 322–339, 335.