In the name of God and rifles: the Neo-Pentecostal and securitarian rise in Brazil (2003-2019)

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 126
Publication date: 12/2020
Author:
Kristina Hinz, Juliana Vinuto and Aline Beatriz Coutinho
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Authors: Kristina Hinz, investigadora asociada, Centro de Estudio de Desigualdades y Relaciones de Género (NUDERG), Universidad Estatal de Río de Janeiro (UERJ), Brasil; investigadora predoctoral, Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos (LAI), Universidad Libre de Berlín, Alemania, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1369-9207

Juliana Vinuto, profesora asistente, Departamento de Seguridad Pública (DSP), Instituto de Estudios Comparados de Administración de Conflictos (InEAC), Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brasil, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6035-4463

Aline Beatriz Coutinho, investigadora asociada, Laboratorio para el Estudio de las Diferencias y Desigualdades Sociales (LEDDES), Universidad Estatal de Río de Janeiro (UERJ), Brasil, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2830-2700.

This article analyses the evolution of the Brazilian political space in the legislative and executive powers, focusing specifically on the increasing convergence between security and Neo-Pentecostal actors and affairs, culminating in Jair Bolsonaro’s election as president in October 2018. By analysing government proceedings, legislative proposals and journalistic materials, this article traces the profiles of the main pro-armament/ security and Neo-Pentecostal associations in the Brazilian legislature. Taking the Evangelical Parliamentary Front and the Parliamentary Front of Public Security as objects of study, this study demonstrates their growing mutual influence and alignment between 2011 and 2019. 

Keywords: Brazil, Parliamentary Front of Public Security, Evangelical Parliamentary Front, Brazilian right, Bolsonarism

How to cite this article: Hinz, Kristina; Vinuto, Juliana y Coutinho, Aline Beatriz. «Por Dios y por las armas: el ascenso neopentecostal y securitario en Brasil (2003-2019)». Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, n.º 126 (diciembre de 2020), p. 185-213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2020.126.3.185

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