Points of contact: the relationship between the far-right’s discourse and evangelical religiosity in Brazil
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Politics. Religion. Democracy.Abstract
This work analyzes the connections between the far-right’s discourse in Brazil and the solid support it gets from evangelical Christians. Through a documentary, observational and bibliographical research, it is shown here that the main components of such a discourse — that is, a revaluation of traditional family, the preponderance of faith over reason, the organization of society via discipline and order, and McCarthyism — managed to establish a link with evangelical religiosity due to its emphasizing common values between the far-right and a kind of understanding of Christian faith that is predominant among evangelicals. Although there are tensions and contradictions in such a relationship, evangelicals have become one of the most faithful social segments to Brazil’s far-right government’s theses, from which the latter borrows ideological, parliamentary and ecclesiastical support. The intermediation between the far-right and evangelism has been carried out through an intense politically oriented communication via social networks and the influence of religious leaders in churches who are committed to “Bolsonarism”. Given the wide presence of evangelicalism in Brazil’s population, the political behavior of such people has direct implications in sustaining the Bolsonaro government and is, thus, an important object of study for investigations which focus on developing Brazilian democracy.
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