Realness through Mediating Body

The Emergence of Charismatic/Pentecostal Communities in Beirut

By (author) Oleg Dik

Book cover: Realness through Mediating Body

Extent: 296 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Religious Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(May 2017)

ISBN: 9783847107194

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $74.00

In stock

After the end of the civil war in 1990, the Charismatic/Pentecostal (C/P) movement in Beirut spread across various Christian denominations. C/P believers narrated how Jesus became real to them via the experience of the Holy Spirit. The author explains this impression of realness through embodiment. Ritual practices like testimony and experience of divine agency are experienced as fullness within a post war society and are extended into the every day sphere. This ethnographic account represents the beginning research of C/P Christianity’s emergence in the Middle East and its contribution to social change.


After the end of the civil war in 1990, the Charismatic/Pentecostal (C/P) movement in Beirut spread across various Christian denominations. C/P believers narrated how Jesus became real to them via the experience of the Holy Spirit. The author explains this impression of realness through embodiment. Ritual practices like testimony and experience of divine agency are experienced as fullness within a post war society and are extended into the every day sphere. This ethnographic account represents the beginning research of C/P Christianity’s emergence in the Middle East and its contribution to social change.

  • By (author) Oleg Dik