Tag Archives: pentecostal church

fetish for the demons

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Dave

This familiar sequence of volcanic eruption and cooling off illustrates yet again Max Weber’s notions of bureaucratization and the routinization of charisma. Post-modern financial institutions, a mobile faith like the Pentecosts, correspond to a global financial flow. from Slavoj Zizek:Thus, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Charles Lewis, Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein Goldman Sachs, pentecostal church, samuel zalanga, Slavoj Zizek | 1 Comment

speaking in tongues: old time religion

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Dave

When religious ecstasy is the basis of the experience of faith. The immediate experience. The immediate sensation. Instant gratification. A direct connection to the messianic or its impending arrival. Glossolalia. Pentecostals believe that true religious experience is God sending down … Continue reading →