the word “critique” might capture the moral righteousness of Pentecostal asceticism, but it misses the Pentecostal ethos of exhilaration, fascination, and engagement with the spirit realm that some describe as enchantment. Contemporary Pentecostalism seems to contradict Max Weber’s classical thesis that the Calvinist-derived Protestant Ethic would be carried to its secular logical extreme in modernizing society, to a hyper-rationalized, bureaucratized, and disenchanted “iron cage.” (Weber 1958). Juan, Octavio, and Pastor Mendoza’s narrative of addiction and salvation is full of enchantments, beginning with enchantment by narcotics and their illusion of human self-control, ending with recognition of that illusion, and a new perception of the spirits that guide human events.
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On Discipline and Becoming a Disciple
A WORK DAY
Dawn cast pink hues on the mountain as I pulled my mud-spattered station wagon past roaming chickens and empty fruit stands on the road to Victory Academy. I parked, hoping that the men of the ministry did not clean my car while I attended Bible study, as they had the week before. This morning I already was embarrassed by arriving half an hour late, knowing how much Academy leaders valued punctuality.
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