martin lindhardt

Forskningsstilarter - i sociologi og andre socialvidenskaber introducerer seks betydningsfulde forskningsstilarter, som forskere og studerende i sociologi og andre socialvidenskaber løbende støder på. Bogen egner sig til at forbinde abstrakt videnskabsteori med mere praktisk metodelæring på en række social- og kulturvidenskabelige uddannelser. Desuden benyttes forskningsstilarter som greb til at forstå nyere videnskabsteoretiske og metodologiske udviklinger. Hermed giver bogen et samlet og pluralistisk overblik over det socialvidenskabelige felt, hvor tilgangen i de enkelte stilarter uddybes og eksemplificeres. Bogen er redigeret af Anders Blok, professor i sociologi, og Antje Gimmler, professor i anvendt filosofi.

Exploring the ritual and everyday religious practices through which Pentecostal life worlds unfold this book breaks new ground in the study of Latin American and global Pentecostalism. In addition to asking the familiar question of why many lower class Latin Americans convert to Pentecostalism, the author asks another question, so far largely neglected in the scholarly literature: how, or through what processes, do people begin and continue to relate to themselves and the social world in a particular Pentecostal way? For members of the Evangelical Pentecostal Church in Valparaíso, Chile, life is pervaded by divine and satanic presence and intervention. Through its fine grained analysis of different ritual, discursive/narrative and reflective processes the book shows how church members integrate sacred others into their everyday lives - or how they learn to live, think and behave as Pentecostals.