Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Mafra

comments on a politician in Rondonia who sought to pass a law declaring Jesus Christ Lord and Saviour of the city. Suggests that prejudice against Pentecostals and especially IURD in the academy down to high public profile and political intervention1 (583-588)

(not picked up by author) language of spiritual warfare in Law...declaring a new reality...renouncing old commitments.2.(602-603)

refers to Evangelicals resisting public monuments to Afro-Brazilian religions3 (607)

1C Mafra, “Jesus Cristo Senhor e Salvador da Cidade: Imaginário Crente e Utopia Política,” Dados 49:3 (2006), 583613, 583588.

2C Mafra, “Jesus Cristo Senhor e Salvador da Cidade: Imaginário Crente e Utopia Política,” Dados 49:3 (2006), 583613, 602603.

3C Mafra, “Jesus Cristo Senhor e Salvador da Cidade: Imaginário Crente e Utopia Política,” Dados 49:3 (2006), 583613, 607.

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