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Templeton Prize Winner: Marcelo Gleiser, Physicist Who Beholds the Universe’s Mysteries
The agnostic is credited with bringing believers and religious questions into the scientific realm.
Rebecca Randall and Kate Shellnutt | March 19, 2019
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Brazil Investigates If US Missionary Encroached on Isolated Amazon Tribe
The South American rainforest is home to a majority of the uncontacted indigenous groups left on earth.
Kate Shellnutt | January 25, 2019
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Brazil’s Soccer Stars Love Jesus. But They Can’t Thank Him for World Cup Wins.
What a team ban on religious celebrations reveals about evangelicals in South America’s biggest country.
Marcos Simas and Carlos Fernandes | July 01, 2018
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The Faith of the ‘Killable People’
Why “prison Pentecostalism” is flourishing among criminals, gang members, and others on society’s margins.
Chris Hoke | November 01, 2017
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Why Rio Was Upset a Pastor Didn’t Come to Carnival
Evangelicals have mixed feelings about mayor Marcelo Crivella, the latest symbol of Protestant ascendancy in Catholic Brazil.
Marcos Simas and Carlos Fernandes in Rio de Janeiro | March 07, 2017
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Died: Russell Shedd, Brazil's Top Evangelical Theologian
Longtime missionary's books trained generations of pastors.
Marcos Simas and Carlos Fernandes | November 29, 2016
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Brazil’s Presidential Drama Reflects Political, Denominational Divides
Interim president Michel Temer gets evangelical support from Congress but faces a country split by faith and politics.
Marcos Simas and Carlos Fernandes | May 19, 2016
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Here's What Protestants in 18 Latin American Countries Believe and Practice
New Pew research identifies who evangelizes most and who believes the prosperity gospel, among many other topics.
Morgan Lee | November 17, 2014
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Sorry, Pope Francis: Protestants Are Converting Catholics Across Latin America
'Francis effect' may yet materialize. But for now, Catholics have hit record low across 19 nations and territories.
Morgan Lee | November 13, 2014
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Brazil's Values Voters
An Assemblies of God member makes a strong showing in the Catholic nation's presidential race.
October 10, 2014
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