Pentecostal Evangelical Churches in Brazil: a technology for the social

Abstract

— The article aims to analyze public actions by religious actors with regard to civil participation. To delimit the theme, it was decided to analyze the entry of evangelical leaders into the positions of Guardianship Councils in Brazil - a position designed to guarantee the rights of children and adolescents -, seeking to understand whether there is any type of stimulus and training on the part of the churches evangelical Pentecostals in order to encourage interest in public action and political participation in Brazil. The research proposes to understand how this connection between religion and politics is made, how this relationship affects the democratic process and the secularism of the State, what are the means mobilized, actors involved and the narratives activated.