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Evangelicals and politics in Brazil: the relevance of religious change in Latin America
Die Evangelikalen und die Politik in Brasilien: die Relevanz des religiösen Wandels in Lateinamerika
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract Since the 1970s a religious change has occurred in Latin America. As a proportion of the population, Catholics have greatly diminished, and Evangelicals rapidly increased. These developments are causally linked. In the course of this demographic transformation, the Catholic Church has lost its speci... view more
Since the 1970s a religious change has occurred in Latin America. As a proportion of the population, Catholics have greatly diminished, and Evangelicals rapidly increased. These developments are causally linked. In the course of this demographic transformation, the Catholic Church has lost its special position in society and its privileged access to politics. It has been replaced by a large number of diverse and autonomous Evangelical churches, above all the Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal. The substantial social weight of the Evangelical churches is connected, inter alia, to their importance as “problem solvers” in precarious sections of society. Faith communities are increasingly extending this commitment into the political sphere. The increasing social relevance and political power of the Evangelical churches has come to prominence in a particularly striking way in Brazil. Since 1 January 2019, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, a former soldier who was baptised in the Jordan by an Evangelical pastor, has been heading its government. (Autorenreferat)... view less
Keywords
Brazil; domestic policy; political situation; political development; political change; social change; religion; national identity; Catholic Church (Roman); Protestantism; Latin America
Classification
Sociology of Religion
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Evangelikale; Implikation; Wechselbeziehungen Religion und Politik; Religionsbezogene Ideologie; Bolsonaro, Jair
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
31 p.
Series
SWP Research Paper, 1/2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2020RP01
ISSN
1863-1053
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications