The Political Conditions and Theological Foundations of the New Christian Right in Brazil
| Autor: | Ole Jakob Løland |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Presidential system General Arts and Humanities media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Authoritarianism 0211 other engineering and technologies General Social Sciences 02 engineering and technology Brazilian religion secularism prosperity gospel Catholic neoconservatism Pentecostalism political theology Key issues Democracy 0506 political science Politics Alliance Political theology Theology religious studies political theory Political science 050602 political science & public administration Christian right Theology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Vol 49, No 1 (2020); 63–73 |
| ISSN: | 2002-4509 0046-8444 |
| Popis: | Jair Messias Bolsonaro won the 2018 presidential elections in Brazil with the support of nearly 70% of the Evangelicals and around 50% of the Catholics in the country. This article aims at exploring some of the politically influential theologies disseminated by some of Bolsonaro’s religious allies by constructing three theological typologies: Neoliberal supernaturalism, apocalyptic dualism and neoconservative Catholicism. These theological ideas gain relevance through an alliance between religious groups and the political right that based on the movement’s key issues and cultural conditions is comparable to the Christian Right in the United States. The rise of Bolsonaro and the turn to the right in Brazilian politics can partly be understood as an effect legitimated by this new political alliance of three politically conservative Christian forces and their theologies: traditional Pentecostalism, neo-Pentecostalism and neoconservative Catholicism. Although there are authoritarian traits within what can be labelled Brazil’s new Christian Right, this political phenomenon can also be said to contribute to Brazilian democracy. Resumo Jair Messias Bolsonaro venceu as eleicoes presidenciais de 2018 no Brasil com o apoio de quase 70% dos evangelicos e cerca de 50% dos catolicos do pais. Este artigo tem como objetivo explorar algumas das teologias politicas e influentes que sao disseminadas por alguns dos aliados religiosos de Bolsonaro, construindo tres tipologias teologicas: Sobrenaturalismo neoliberal, dualismo apocaliptico e neoconservatismo catolico. Sobrenaturalismo neoliberal, dualismo apocaliptico e neoconservatismo catolico. Alem disso, argumentamos que a Nova Direita Crista no Brasil e comparavel ao fenomeno “the Christian Right”, tipico dos Estados Unidos, devido as condicoes politicas e bandeiras morais semelhantes. A ascensao de Bolsonaro e a virada para a direita na politica brasileira podem ser em parte entendidas como um efeito dessa nova alianca politica legitimado de tres forcas cristas politicamente conservadoras e suas teologias: o pentecostalismo tradicional, o neopentecostalismo e o catolicismo neoconservador. Embora haja tracos autoritarios dentro do que pode ser chamado a Nova Direita Crista do Brasil, tambem se pode reconhecer esse fenomeno politico como uma contribuicao a democracia brasileira. |
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