Political aspects of the early implantation of Protestantism in Brazil

Autores

  • Bruno Gonçalves Rosi Doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2018vol18i2a13

Palavras-chave:

Protestantism, Brazil Empire, Presbyterianism, Congregationalism, Religious freedom.

Resumo

This text offers an evaluation of the main political aspects that accompanied the implantation of Protestantism in Brazil during the 19th century. It is observed that the Brazilian legislation and political framework of the period were mostly favourable to the implantation of the new religious denomination in the country. It is also observed that this process was also favoured by a specific framework of bilateral relations between Brazil and the United States, a country from which many of the missionaries who wanted to insert the new denomination in Brazil were coming from. Finally, it is observed that these missionaries sought to make use of the legal and political prerogatives present while maintaining a distance from the authorities in order to maintain autonomy in their religious activity.

 

 

Biografia do Autor

Bruno Gonçalves Rosi, Doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

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Publicado

2018-08-31