Knebelkamp

claims that in postmodern times religion in Brazil is characterised by:

(1) individualism and rupture with family religion (2) intensive search for unmediated spirituality (3) active participation (4) atomization ¹(192-193)

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offers statistics from the 2000 census. tripartite division between types of Protestant Churches. Differentiatesd new pentecostal churches according to prosperity theology ²(193)

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Universal Church--not fundamentalist as the Bible plays a minor role; syncretistic using rituals and symbols from folk Catholicism and Afro-Brazilian religions³ (193)

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refers to the role of cidadania in contemporary theological discussion in Brazil ⁴195-196)

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focuses positively on the sense of enjoyment offered by Brazilian (pentecostal) worship⁵

1A Knebelkamp' Believing without Belonging? In Search of New Paradigms of Church and Mission in Secularized and Postmodern Contexts: Brazilian Insights and "Outsights."', International Review of Mission 92:365 (2003), 192–199, 192–193.

2A Knebelkamp' Believing without Belonging? In Search of New Paradigms of Church and Mission in Secularized and Postmodern Contexts: Brazilian Insights and "Outsights."', International Review of Mission 92:365 (2003), 192–199, 193.

3A Knebelkamp' Believing without Belonging? In Search of New Paradigms of Church and Mission in Secularized and Postmodern Contexts: Brazilian Insights and "Outsights."', International Review of Mission 92:365 (2003), 192–199, 193.

4A Knebelkamp' Believing without Belonging? In Search of New Paradigms of Church and Mission in Secularized and Postmodern Contexts: Brazilian Insights and "Outsights."', International Review of Mission 92:365 (2003), 192–199, 195–196.

5A Knebelkamp' Believing without Belonging? In Search of New Paradigms of Church and Mission in Secularized and Postmodern Contexts: Brazilian Insights and "Outsights."', International Review of Mission 92:365 (2003), 192–199, 197.