Damascena ctd

"The continued growth of industrialisation, economic stagnation and urban overcrowding caused by the modernisation of the countryside were important factors for the success of the IURD¹ (151)

neo-pentecostalism "greater liberty in morals and behaviour"...."facilitated the participation of less privileged people and attracting the youth" ²(151)

neo-Pentecostalism, no requirements for academic formation of leaders "proliferation of the number of pastors and bishops." ³(151)

"The discourse of the third wave emphasises the social wrongs and the potential of liberation that the churches have, especially through exorcism. On the symbolic field, the figure of the demon has been introduced as one responsible for the pains, miseries, conflicts and the lack of harmony experienced by the individual."

1AD Martins & LP de Pádua, 'The Option for the Poor and Pentecostalism in Brazil', Exchange 31:2(2002), 136–156, 151.

2AD Martins & LP de Pádua, 'The Option for the Poor and Pentecostalism in Brazil', Exchange 31:2(2002), 136–156, 151.

3AD Martins & LP de Pádua, 'The Option for the Poor and Pentecostalism in Brazil', Exchange 31:2(2002), 136–156, 151.