Chesnut Salvation

presents Benedita da Silva as an example of left wing Brazilian pentecostal politics¹ (33-34)

locates Pentecostals as centre to right politically. Reinforce clientilism and status quo² (34)

fear of communism behind AoG support of military coup³ (35)

with the progressive turn in the RC Church the military recruited the AoG in Belem to a patronage relationship with the military providing funding and the AoG providing votes and public support⁴ (35-37)

under civilian rule sought to elect deputires and supported Collor⁵ (39-43)

common for AoG pastors to encourage children to enter politics⁶ (43)

1RA Chesnut, “The Salvation Army or the Army's Salvation?: Pentecostal Politics in Amazonian Brazil, 1962-1992,” Luso-Brazilian Review 36:2 (1999) 33-49, 33–34.

2RA Chesnut, “The Salvation Army or the Army's Salvation?: Pentecostal Politics in Amazonian Brazil, 1962-1992,” Luso-Brazilian Review 36:2 (1999) 33-49, 34.

3RA Chesnut, “The Salvation Army or the Army's Salvation?: Pentecostal Politics in Amazonian Brazil, 1962-1992,” Luso-Brazilian Review 36:2 (1999) 33-49, 35.

4RA Chesnut, “The Salvation Army or the Army's Salvation?: Pentecostal Politics in Amazonian Brazil, 1962-1992,” Luso-Brazilian Review 36:2 (1999) 33-49, 35–37.

5RA Chesnut, “The Salvation Army or the Army's Salvation?: Pentecostal Politics in Amazonian Brazil, 1962-1992,” Luso-Brazilian Review 36:2 (1999) 33-49, 39–43.

6RA Chesnut, “The Salvation Army or the Army's Salvation?: Pentecostal Politics in Amazonian Brazil, 1962-1992,” Luso-Brazilian Review 36:2 (1999) 33-49, 43.