The alliances between far-right governments and evangelical pastors in Brazil and United States

GOLDSTEIN, ARIEL

Oxford

Conferencia; Brazilian Studies Programme Annual Conference 2021. The real and imagined Brazil: examining narratives of dissent; 2021

Latin American Centre, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. University of Oxford

In recent years, and after the ?pink tide? in Latin America at the beginning of the 21st century, there has been a ?right wing turn? in important countries of the continent. This "right wing turn" has found support especially in two countries: Brazil and the United States. In these cases, Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal pastors, allied to governments and with positions in the State, have become important actors in the support of these processes that we can characterize as "far right". This paper presents a part of the development achieved in a broader research on the participation of evangelical pastors in politics, reflected in the book Evangelical Power. How religious groups are taking over politics in America (2020). The point is to analyze the relationship between pastors and far-right politicians in a comparative key.Panelista en la Mesa "O estado é laico mas o governo é cristão?: religious groups in politics - between tolerance and intolerance. Ponencia: ?The alliances between far-right governments and evangelical pastors in Brazil and United States?. En conjunto con: Ana Carolina Evangelista (FGV/ISER-Brasil), Amy Erica Smith (Iowa State University) y David Simbsler (EHESS). Coordinada por David Lehmann (University of Cambridge). Brazilian Studies Programme Annual Conference 2021: ?The real and imagined Brazil: examining narratives of dissent?. Latin American Centre, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. 19/05/2021.