Evangelicals in Politics: 2012 Proportional Elections of Campo Mourão
This paper analyzes the campaign strategies and performances of five candidates in the 2012 proportional elections of Campo Mourão-PR who have declared links with the following religions: Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, Assembly of God, Foursquare Gospel Church. It is analyzed campaign mater...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) |
| Repositorio: | Rever (São Paulo. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21752 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/article/view/21752 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Religião Política Eleições Evangélicos Campo Mourão Religion Politics Elections Evangelicals |
| Sumario: | This paper analyzes the campaign strategies and performances of five candidates in the 2012 proportional elections of Campo Mourão-PR who have declared links with the following religions: Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, Assembly of God, Foursquare Gospel Church. It is analyzed campaign materials and interviews conducted with each candidate at the time preceding the election. Among the results, it was verified the successful election of two of them, linked to the Assembly of God. It was also observed the recurrence of religious elements in the discourses and campaign materials, besides the support of religious institutions to the candidacy of members linked to it. The results suggest an approach and overlap between the political and religious also present in Brazilian context. |
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