liberation of the poor commercial or quackery?
Michael Vollmann
Michael Vollmann
Pentecostal Christian (pentecostal) movements that emphasize the action of the Holy Spirit in the life of Christians, in addition to the Islam is the fastest growing religions in the world. Its worldwide fan base is now estimated at half a billion people, making it the most important phenomenon of contemporary Christianity. In the largest Catholic country in the world have moved to coordinate religious and so Brazil is now by far the country with the largest number of Pentecostal denominations. But, on closer examination a large plurality in the Christian charismatic movement which seems free from all dogmatic and institutional structures. What is the ethic of this movement, who are their supporters and what so many people moved to follow her? The expansion of the Pentecostals and the current situation in Brazil
feel under State Census today, almost a century after the arrival of Pentecostals in Brazil in 1910, about 17.7 million Brazilians - 10.4% of the total population - belong to this Christian stream. That they represent one-third of the total Protestants in the country. Impressive and, for many Brazilians also inspired fear is above all the growth of Pentecostal movements in the last two decades. They could double their supporters since 1980, every ten years, which, in contrast to the long sharply declining Catholicism and Protestantism slowly growing to the fastest growing religion makes in Brazil. It is also amazing the seemingly ever-faster dynamics of growth. Thus, the Pentecostal Church 1940-1991 with an average annual growth increased from 4.9% between 1991 and 2000, however, at 8.3%. Even if one assumes that the number of Pentecostals was underestimated until 1991, can still see at least an undeniable trend.
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