The social segment of evangelicals has experienced a great growth in Brazil, but their contribution to the development of the congregations' literacy has not been studied yet. This research investigates how readers with different formal education levels evaluate the role of their engagement in practices of reading the Bible in their personal development. The research participants were divided in two groups -Bible's regular readers with less *. UNISINOS, São Leopoldo (RS), Brasil. doroteafk@unisinos.br; UNISINOS, São Leopoldo (RS),
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