Religion and Brazilian Democracy: Mobilizing the People of God

作者: Amy Erica Smith

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摘要: As Brazilian democracy faces a crisis of legitimacy, political divisions grow among Catholic, evangelical, and non-religious citizens. What has caused religious polarization in politics? Does politics shore up or undermine democracy? Religion Democracy: Mobilizing the People God uses engaging anecdotes draws on wealth data from surveys survey experiments with clergy, citizens, legislators, to explain causes consequences Brazil's 'culture wars'. Though parties create culture war conflict established democracies, weak party system leaders instead drive divisions. Clergy leverage legislative electoral strategically promote their own theological goals help groups compete. In process, they often lead politicians congregants. Ultimately, pushes rightward further fragments parties. Yet Democracy also demonstrates that clergy-led stabilizes enhances representation.

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