The Political Conditions and Theological Foundations of the New Christian Right in Brazil

Q2 Arts and Humanities
Ole Jakob Løland
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Jair Messias Bolsonaro won the 2018 presidential elections in Brazil with the support of nearly 70% of the Evangelicals and around 50% of the Catholics in the country. This article aims at exploring some of the politically influential theologies disseminated by some of Bolsonaro’s religious allies by constructing three theological typologies: Neoliberal supernaturalism, apocalyptic dualism and neoconservative Catholicism. These theological ideas gain relevance through an alliance between religious groups and the political right that based on the movement’s key issues and cultural conditions is comparable to the Christian Right in the United States. The rise of Bolsonaro and the turn to the right in Brazilian politics can partly be understood as an effect legitimated by this new political alliance of three politically conservative Christian forces and their theologies: traditional Pentecostalism, neo-Pentecostalism and neoconservative Catholicism. Although there are authoritarian traits within what can be labelled Brazil’s new Christian Right, this political phenomenon can also be said to contribute to Brazilian democracy. Resumo Jair Messias Bolsonaro venceu as eleicoes presidenciais de 2018 no Brasil com o apoio de quase 70% dos evangelicos e cerca de 50% dos catolicos do pais. Este artigo tem como objetivo explorar algumas das teologias politicas e influentes que sao disseminadas por alguns dos aliados religiosos de Bolsonaro, construindo tres tipologias teologicas: Sobrenaturalismo neoliberal, dualismo apocaliptico e neoconservatismo catolico. Sobrenaturalismo neoliberal, dualismo apocaliptico e neoconservatismo catolico. Alem disso, argumentamos que a Nova Direita Crista no Brasil e comparavel ao fenomeno “the Christian Right”, tipico dos Estados Unidos, devido as condicoes politicas e bandeiras morais semelhantes. A ascensao de Bolsonaro e a virada para a direita na politica brasileira podem ser em parte entendidas como um efeito dessa nova alianca politica legitimado de tres forcas cristas politicamente conservadoras e suas teologias: o pentecostalismo tradicional, o neopentecostalismo e o catolicismo neoconservador. Embora haja tracos autoritarios dentro do que pode ser chamado a Nova Direita Crista do Brasil, tambem se pode reconhecer esse fenomeno politico como uma contribuicao a democracia brasileira.
巴西新基督教权利的政治条件与神学基础
Jair Messias Bolsonaro赢得了2018年巴西总统选举,获得了该国近70%的福音派和约50%的天主教徒的支持。本文旨在通过构建三种神学类型:新自由主义超自然主义、启示录二元论和新保守主义天主教,来探索博索纳罗的一些宗教盟友传播的一些具有政治影响力的神学家。这些神学思想通过宗教团体和政治右翼之间的联盟而获得相关性,基于该运动的关键问题和文化条件,政治右翼可与美国的基督教右翼相媲美。博索纳罗的崛起和巴西政治的右倾可以部分理解为三股政治保守的基督教力量及其神学的新政治联盟合法化的影响:传统五旬节派、新五旬节主义和新保守主义天主教。尽管可以被称为巴西新的基督教右翼中存在独裁主义特征,但这种政治现象也可以说是对巴西民主的贡献。Jair Messias Bolsonaro赢得了2018年巴西总统选举,获得了该国近70%的福音派和约50%的天主教徒的支持。本文旨在探索博索纳罗的一些宗教盟友传播的一些政治和有影响力的神学家,构建三种神学类型:新自由主义超自然主义、启示二元论和天主教新保守主义。新自由主义超自然主义、启示录二元论和天主教新保守主义。此外,我们认为,由于类似的政治条件和道德旗帜,巴西的新基督教右翼与美国典型的“基督教右翼”现象相当。博索纳罗在巴西政治中的崛起和右倾可以部分理解为三种政治保守的基督教力量及其神学的新合法化政治联盟的影响:传统五旬节主义、新五旬节派和新保守天主教。尽管在所谓的“巴西新右翼”中有独裁主义的痕迹,但人们也可以认识到这种政治现象是对巴西民主的贡献。
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Iberoamericana - Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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