Tag: Democracy

Due to the penetration of teachings into the Catholic-dominated culture since the mid-1990s, millions of Brazilians have embraced Protestant values (Burdick, 2005: 1; Londono, 2012). Referring to a few study reports, Christian Post TV (2011) reported that half of Brazil’s population would become Evangelical Christians by 2020. This shift within religious followings has opened the door for Evangelical Christians to gain political and economic influence in the prevailing society (Londono, 2012). Lately, this rise of evangelicalism has not only changed …