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Stop Suffering! Economic Downturns and Pentecostal Upsurge

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  • Costa, Francisco J M

    (FGV EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance)

  • Junior, Angelo Marcantonio
  • Rocha, Rudi

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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 carried 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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  • Costa, Francisco J M & Junior, Angelo Marcantonio & Rocha, Rudi, 2019. "Stop Suffering! Economic Downturns and Pentecostal Upsurge," SocArXiv 9g5fv_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:9g5fv_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/9g5fv_v1
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