Posts tagged evangelicals in Brazil
Religion Is Shaping Brazil’s Elections, But Its Evangelicals Aren’t The Same As America’s
Religion Is Shaping Brazil’s Elections, But Its Evangelicals Aren’t The Same As America’s

(ANALYSIS) With one week to go before Brazil’s presidential election, the two front-runners, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro are battling for the religious vote. The group of people termed “evangelicals” is much more diverse in Latin America than in the United States – and it’s politically quite diverse, too.

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Analysis, South America, NewsAmy Erica SmithBrazil, Evangelicalism, evangelicals in Brazil, Worker's Party, Social Liberal Party, Republican Party, Amy Erica Smith, Secondary Feature, RechargeComment
the rise of evangelicals in Brazil: Q&A with Ed René Kivitz
the rise of evangelicals in Brazil: Q&A with Ed René Kivitz

For the first time in Brazil’s history, evangelical Christians have the political representation to create laws that fit their religious convictions. Kivitz, pastor of Brazil’s most influential evangelical megachurch, reaffirms the right of Christians to defend their values in the public sphere but not to impose them on the whole of society.

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Religion, Politics, South America, Interview, OpinionMarilia CesarMarilia cesar, Ed Rene Kivitz, Brazilian Christians, Brazilian evangelicals, Christian right, Catholicism in Brazil, Bolsonaro, evangelicals in Brazil, Evangelicals in Latin America, Primary Feature, Christianity, Secondary Feature, secondary feature, Marilia CesarComment