Protestantism and Politics in Brazil: A Historical Perspective

With the growth of Protestantism, changes in conceptions and in political representations have provoked participation in political parties. In 1940, evangelical parliamentarians participated in the legislature. With the military coup of 1964, Protestantism divided into one se...

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Main Author: Silva, Elizete da (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego 2019
In: Studia religiologica
Year: 2019, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 237-249
Further subjects:B protestantyzm
B Brazil
B Protestantism / Brazylia
B Politics
B Polityka
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Summary:With the growth of Protestantism, changes in conceptions and in political representations have provoked participation in political parties. In 1940, evangelical parliamentarians participated in the legislature. With the military coup of 1964, Protestantism divided into one sector which joined the military, and another which resisted it and built a Protestant opposition sector, The Evangelical Bench, which aligned itself to the conservative sectors in Parliament.
ISSN:2084-4077
Contains:Enthalten in: Studia religiologica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4467/20844077SR.19.017.11376