Brazilian Evangelicalism in the Twenty-First Century: An Inside and Outside Look

ISBN-13: 9783030136857 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 364 str.

Eric Miller; Ronald J. Morgan

Recenzje

"This volume encompasses a range of perspectives and approaches, illuminating the intersection of Brazilian society and contemporary movements of the Spirit. Drawing together statistical, historical, theological, and social-scientific assessments, this work moves beyond surface realities to the dynamic way evangelicalism is reshaping the nation's public life. ... This book will appeal to scholars from numerous fields, among others interested in global currents of contemporary renewal." (Paul J. Palma, Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association, May 3, 2021)

Spis treści

1. Chapter 1/Introduction by Eric Miller and Ronald J. Morgan

FRAMING

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

POLITICS

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

SOCIETY

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

MISSION

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

Afterword by Alexandre Brasil Fonseca

O autorze

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.

Blurb

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.