Brazilian Pentecostal Transnationalization: the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God conquering Europe

Journal title MONDI MIGRANTI
Author/s Donizete Rodrigues
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/3
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 43-59 File size 206 KB
DOI 10.3280/MM2024-003-003
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Based on intense fieldwork, from the perspective of multi-situated ethnography, the article addresses an important aspect of the Brazilian Pentecostalism diaspora: the considerable presence and activity of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Europe. The anthropological study focused on its strong proselytism, aiming at the conversion and religious revival of immigrants (Brazilians, Latin American Hispanics and black Africans) and nationals. The comparative analysis, between five Europeans countries (Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Italy and Germany), made it possible to observe important specificities and differentiated evangelization strategies between heterogeneous groups of immigrants. The approach focused, in particular, on the relationship between religion and migration, characterized by significant religious geographic mobility, which has been causing significant social changes in the European panorama and thus creating new “spiritual geographies” and identities.

Keywords: transnationalization; immigration; Pentecostalism; Europe; Universal Church.

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Donizete Rodrigues, Transnazionalizzazione del Pentecostalismo Brasiliano: la Chiesa Universale del Regno di Dio alla conquista dell’Europa in "MONDI MIGRANTI" 3/2024, pp 43-59, DOI: 10.3280/MM2024-003-003