Synopsis
With unprecedented access to the workings of a Pentecostal church in London, this one-off documentary in the Black & British season lifts the lid on a faith that is growing fast.
- Programme: Life And Death The Pentecostal Way
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2016
- Sociology | What are the key patterns and trends of religion, belief and faith? | Religion, belief, and faith in a global context: change in the significance of religion in societies including its resurgence and decline; differences in the significance of religion between societies; links between industrialisation, migration and technology on levels of religiosity.
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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