RT Article
T1 Validation of Authority in Pentecostal Sects of Chile and Brazil
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 6
IS 2
SP 253
OP 258
A1 Willems, Emilio 1905-1997
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 1967
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1667789422
AB This paper is a comparative study of three Pentecostal sects, two in Chile and one in Brazil. Opposing the traditional class system in which they rank low, the Pentecostal sects seek to shape their own structure after an egalitarian model in which all criteria of conventional ranking as practiced by the wider society are rejected. In reality, however, compromise with authoritarian principles seems rather common. Comparison of the three cases shows that the closer a sect comes to the egalitarian model the more its leaders feel the need to validate their authority by seeking supernatural sanctions for their decisions.
K1 Egalitarianism
K1 Pastors
K1 Prophets
K1 Protestantism
K1 Schisms
K1 Secessionism
K1 Social classes
K1 Supernaturalism
DO 10.2307/1384051