Topic
Brazil
Caught Between the Spouse and the Spirit
Brazilian women find support and new roles at charismatic churches. Their husbands don't like it. Whom will they choose?
September 24, 2012
Brazil's Evangelicals Make Voting Bloc Debut
Forced presidential runoff demonstrates the importance of Protestant voters.
November 2, 2010
Power Pentecostalisms
The 'non-Catholic' Latin American church is going full steam ahead—but are we on the right track?
July 29, 2009
Benedict XVI Tests Brazil's Religious Climate
Also: Bishops clarify Mugabe statements, a priest-imam soccer game is cancelled, the spanking debate resumes, and more.
May 8, 2007
Controversial Pastor Mediates End to Three-day Prison Riot in Brazil 
Minister hopes fame will allow him greater access to Brazil's prisons.
June 1, 2004
Inheriting the Cracked Earth
Material poverty and spiritual riches in Brazil's parched Northeast
April 1, 2003
Plus: Brazil's Christian Roots
"Since the 1600s, the number of protestants has risen to more than 27 million"
April 1, 2003
Evangelicals Grow as Political Force
New interest in public policy fuels election wins
December 9, 2002
Brazil's Surging Spirituality
Churches of all stripes have been growing for decades, as have the controversies and challenges facing evangelicals.
December 4, 2000
Pie-in-the-Sky Now
Two scholars argue that Pentecostalism, especially in Brazil, is not so otherworldly as many think.
November 13, 2000
Evangelical Christianity and conservative politics don't have to go together
In the United States, evangelical Christianity and conservative politics are so intertwined that you’d think the Bible contains a commandment to “vote Republican.” But a recent paper shows that the relationship isn’t a necessary one—and that in a different political climate (such as Brazil), evangelical Christians might even be liberals. (Boston Globe)
Israel wields Bible's soft power as far afield as Brazil
Israel is ramping up its outreach to the growing numbers of evangelical Christians, particularly in the Global South, in order to build popular support for state policies. (CSM)
Eagerly Awaiting Release of Brazilian Evangelical's Autobiography
This was not the release of a smartphone. There were no Beyoncé tickets on sale, no books featuring vampires or boy wizards to be purchased. What these people wanted was to be the first in the United States to purchase the autobiography of Bishop Edir Macedo, a Pentecostal pastor with some five million followers worldwide. (NYT)
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