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Evangelical Protestantism has arguably become the fastest-growing religion in South America, if not the world. For converts, it emphasizes self-discipline and provides a network of communal support, which together have helped many overcome substance abuse, avoid crime and violence, and resolve relationship problems. But can people simply decide to believe in a religion because of the benefits it reportedly delivers? Based on extensive fieldwork among Pentecostal men in Caracas, Venezuela, this rich urban ethnography seeks an explanation for the explosion of Evangelical Protestantism, unraveling the cultural and personal dynamics of Evangelical conversion to show how and why these men make the choice to convert, and how they come to have faith in a new system of beliefs and practices.

Men --- Christianity and culture --- Pentecostalism --- Evangelicalism --- Evangelical religion --- Protestantism, Evangelical --- Evangelical Revival --- Fundamentalism --- Pietism --- Protestantism --- Charismatic Movement --- Charismatic Renewal Movement --- Latter Rain movement --- Neo-Pentecostalism --- Pentecostal movement --- Christianity --- Gifts, Spiritual --- Glossolalia --- Contextualization (Christian theology) --- Culture and Christianity --- Inculturation (Christian theology) --- Indigenization (Christian theology) --- Culture --- Religious life. --- Caracas (Venezuela) --- Santiago de León de Caracas (Venezuela) --- Caracas --- Church history. --- Evangélisme --- Christianisme et civilisation --- Vie religieuse --- Religious life --- Church history --- Caracas (Venezuela) - Church history. --- Evangelicalism - Venezuela - Caracas --- Pentecostalism - Venezuela - Caracas - Case studies --- Christianity and culture - Venezuela - Caracas --- Men - Religious life --- Caracas (Venezuela) - Church history --- benefits of religion. --- caracas. --- christian converts. --- christianity. --- conflict resolution. --- cultural agency. --- cultural history. --- ethnographers. --- evangelical conversion. --- evangelical protestantism. --- evangelicalism. --- faith and religion. --- fieldwork. --- latin american history. --- latin american studies. --- nonfiction. --- overcoming substance abuse. --- pentecostal men. --- religious communities. --- religious historians. --- self discipline. --- south america. --- urban ethnography. --- venezuela. --- world religions.