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Stop Suffering! Economic Downturns and Pentecostal Upsurge

Stop Suffering! Economic Downturns and Pentecostal Upsurge This paper estimates the effects of economic downturns on the expansion of Pentecostal Evangelicalism in Brazil. Regions more exposed to economic distress experienced a persistent rise both in Pentecostal affiliation and in the vote share of candidates connected to Pentecostal churches in national legislative elections. Once elected, these politicians carry out an agenda with greater emphasis on issues that are sensitive to fundamental religious principles. We, therefore, find that recessions led to the rise of religious fundamentalism in tandem with the transfer of political capital to elected Pentecostal leaders. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the European Economic Association Oxford University Press

Stop Suffering! Economic Downturns and Pentecostal Upsurge

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Oxford University Press
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of European Economic Association.
ISSN
1542-4766
eISSN
1542-4774
DOI
10.1093/jeea/jvac034
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Abstract

This paper estimates the effects of economic downturns on the expansion of Pentecostal Evangelicalism in Brazil. Regions more exposed to economic distress experienced a persistent rise both in Pentecostal affiliation and in the vote share of candidates connected to Pentecostal churches in national legislative elections. Once elected, these politicians carry out an agenda with greater emphasis on issues that are sensitive to fundamental religious principles. We, therefore, find that recessions led to the rise of religious fundamentalism in tandem with the transfer of political capital to elected Pentecostal leaders.

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Journal of the European Economic AssociationOxford University Press

Published: Jun 15, 2022

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