Power, Politics, and Pentecostals in Latin America

Cleary, Edward L.

doi:10.4324/9780429498077

Cited by 21 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Not surprisingly, the number of studies of Latin American Catholicism sharply declined by the turn of the century. Meanwhile, the growth of Pentecostal Protestantism, along with its politically conservative tendencies, was capturing the attention of social scientists (Cleary and Stewart‐Gambino 1997; Freston 2001; Mariz, 1994, 2001; Martin 1990; Smilde 2004; Soares 1993; Stoll 1990).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Still Opting for the Poor: The Brazilian Catholic Church and the National Movement of the Street Population

Cousineau

2020

Scientific Study of Religion

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Have rumors of the demise of liberation theology been greatly exaggerated? There is a prevailing belief among scholars and other observers that the Latin American Catholic Church has withdrawn from the preferential option for the poor, which had encouraged a combination of faith and activism for social justice. This article challenges that belief by means of qualitative data gathered during 8 months in Brazil that provide evidence of close connections between the Pastoral of the Street, a church program that mobilizes homeless people, and the National Movement of the Street Population (MNPR). The principal data came from 42 interviews with homeless or formerly homeless people, movement leaders, and religious sisters and lay workers in the pastoral program. Participant observation and documentary research supplemented the interviews. The findings demonstrate that the Pastoral of the Street helped to create the MNPR and continues to provide it with material and ideological support.

show abstract

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Still Opting for the Poor: The Brazilian Catholic Church and the National Movement of the Street Population

Cousineau

2020

Scientific Study of Religion

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Their churches create political parties with parliamentary representation and give electoral support to presidential candidates who profess to share their faith (Levine and Stoll, 2018). Likewise, they have managed to put issues related to religious morality on the political agenda, and their ability to mobilise voters has commanded a growing and decisive electoral weight (Stoll, 1990; Gill, 2008; Cleary, 2018).…”

Section: Religion and Politics In Latin Americamentioning

confidence: 99%

Nobody Is a Prophet in their Own Land? Evaluations of Pope Francis in Latin America

Bohigues

Otero

2020

Bull Latin American Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Using data drawn from surveys of Latin American elites and citizens, this article aims to analyse the determinants of evaluations of Pope Francis, with a special focus on ideology and religious denomination, religiosity, and trustworthiness of the Catholic Church. Results show that the Pope remains linked to opinions on the Church, but not to religiosity, and that differences in personal religious affiliations (or lack thereof) among respondents are sharper among citizens than among elites. Furthermore, Pope Francis is found to be not closely associated to the left–right axis in Latin America, except in the case of Argentine MPs, where the right‐leaning members express lower opinions of the Pope.

show abstract

“…That the black movement has taken this “religious intolerance” against Candomblé on as an issue reflects the way that religion and identity have been intertwined. Of course Pentecostalism is also of concern to the Catholic Church because of the fear of the loss of membership, and to some extent we can see how the rise of the pastoral efforts like CAAPA and certainly the Catholic Charismatic Renewal respond to that challenge (Cleary, ).…”

Section: The Contemporary and Ethnographic Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Afro‐Catholicism in Latin America

Selka

2019

Religion Compass

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article provides a historical and ethnographic overview of Afro-Catholicism in Latin America. For the purposes of this article, "Afro-Catholicism" encompasses the wide variety of ways that people of African descent have practiced or engaged with Catholicism. Much of the article focuses on Brazil, but it also draws on the literature on Afro-Catholicism in Haiti and Cuba both to highlight similarities and differences throughout Latin America and to foreground the necessarily transnational scope of this topic.

show abstract

Power, Politics, and Pentecostals in Latin America

Cited by 21 publications

References 0 publications

Still Opting for the Poor: The Brazilian Catholic Church and the National Movement of the Street Population

Still Opting for the Poor: The Brazilian Catholic Church and the National Movement of the Street Population

Nobody Is a Prophet in their Own Land? Evaluations of Pope Francis in Latin America

Afro‐Catholicism in Latin America

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About