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Churches as Winners and Losers in the Network Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Phillip Berryman
Phillip Berryman*
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Temple University
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Abstract

This essay argues that Manuel Castells’s explorations of networks and the emergent network society in his recent trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture may offer useful clues to recent religious developments in Latin America. In this regard, Pentecostalism, by adopting a logic of horizontal integration, rapid response, and flexible production, might be more successful than the Catholic Church in attracting followers.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 41 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Religion in America: Churches, Globalization, and Democratization , Winter 1999 , pp. 21 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1999

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