"Breaks new ground by virtue of its thorough exploration of the ongoing negotiations of Pentecostal masculine identities."—Martin Lindhardt, author of Power in Powerlessness: A Study of Pentecostal Life Worlds in Urban Chile
"Provides important insights about why men convert to Pentecostalism, how they derive authority and status in Pentecostal churches, and how at the same time they reaffirm their claims to local ideals of masculinity."—Elizabeth Brusco, author of The Reformation of Machismo: Evangelical Conversion and Gender in Colombia
"A nuanced portrait of born-again life . . . illuminates the Roman Catholic shaping of Dominican nationalism including its anti-Haitianism, evangelical masculinity, and the possibilities for gaining respect that Pentecostalism offers to entrenched gang members."—Elizabeth McAlister, coeditor of Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas
“A much-needed ethnography that reorientates cultural understandings of Christianity and Dominican culture in poor, marginalized, and discriminated communities.”—Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
“Adds nuance to the literature on identity and religion in Latin America.”—Journal of Anthropological Research
“Rich and insightful. . . . Provides valuable insight into how religion, masculinity and economic changes are reshaping specific places whilst being tied into vast, global movements.”—Marginalia
“A welcome and overdue ethnographic account of Christian Pentecostal ‘evangélicos’ in poor barrios of the Dominican Republic. . . . Thornton unpacks the very unlikely and unspoken alliance forged between urban gangs and Protestant churches.”—Anthropos
“Vivid biographical sketches and interview material provide compelling evidence of [a] gendered ideal of conversion and its social consequences.”—New West Indian Guide
“An accessible book for those who are new to the fields of Latin American studies, Pentecostalism, or religious studies in general. Negotiating Respect demonstrates the value of ethnographic studies of Pentecostalism, as they continue to provide important insights for the study of religion.”—Reading Religion
“Thornton convincingly demonstrates the power and rootedness of Pentecostalism in the tangible benefits of social efficacy and ‘respect’ while relativizing the religious movement within a wider array of Dominican, and more broadly Caribbean, religious practices.”—AnthroCyBib
“Offers a rich and insightful ethnographic contribution to our understanding of Pentecostalism and masculinity in the Dominican Republic, and it provides valuable insight into how religion, masculinity and economic changes are reshaping specific places whilst being tied into vast, global movements.”—LA Review of Books
