Brazilian Evangelicalism in the Twenty-First Century

Over the past fifty years Brazil's evangelical community has increased from five to twenty-five percent of the population. This volume's authors use statistical overview, historical narrative, personal anecdote, social-scientific analysis, and theological inquiry to map out this emerging landscape. The book's thematic center pivots on the question of how Brazilian evangelicals are exerting their presence and effecting change in the public life of the nation. Rather than fixing its focus on the interior life of Brazilian evangelicals and their congregations, the book's attention is directed toward social expression: the ways in which Brazilian evangelicals are present and active in the common life of the nation.

Guides the reader into the burgeoning world of Brazilian evangelicalism Includes chapters by authors spanning many academic disciplines Uses statistical overview, historical narrative, personal anecdote, social-scientific analysis, and theological inquiry

Autorentext
Eric Miller is Professor of History and the Humanities at Geneva College, USA, where he directs the honors program.

Ronald J. Morgan is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History and Global Studies at Abilene Christian University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Chapter 1/Introduction by Eric Miller and Ronald J. Morgan.- 2. Chapter 2: The Emergence of Protestant Brazil by Pedro Feitoza.- 3. Chapter 3: Which Evangélicos? Probing the Diversities within Latin American Protestantism by Ronald J. Morgan and Henrique Alonso Pereira.- 4. Chapter 4: Evangelicals in Brazil: Analysis, Reflection, Projection by Alexandre Brasil Fonseca.- 5. Chapter 5: The Secular State and Evangelicals in Brazilian Politics: Current Controversies in Historical and Comparative Perspective by Paul Freston.- 6. Chapter 6: What I Saw at the Revolution by Eric Miller.- 7. Chapter 7: Evangélicos and the Protests of June 2013 by Eduardo Guilherme de Moura Paegle.- 8. Chapter 8: 'This Precarious Life': The Public Impact of Evangelical Churches in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro by Anaxsuell Fernando da Silva.- 9. Chapter 9: Evangelical Feminism in Brazil and the United States by Amy Reynolds.- 10. Chapter 10: Son of the Father, Image of God, Messiah of the Jews, Sender of the Spirit: Jesus and Social Engagement in Brazil by Eric Flett.- 11. Chapter 11: Emerging Eco-Justice Among Brazilian Evangelicals by Janine Paden Morgan.- 12. Chapter12: Singing about Creation in Christian Worship: Music and the Creating of a Christian Environmental Consciousness by Suzana de Azevedo Greenwood.- 13. Chapter 13: Environmental Sustainability and Economic Development in Brazil by Vilma Balmaceda.- 14. Chapter 14: Missionaries in Row Boats? Mission and Enculturation by Marion Brephol.- 15. Chapter 15: Translator Translated by Andy Draycott.- 16. Chapter 16 In Praise of Human Limitations by Jay R. Case.