Moraes

points to decline and syncretism in the Roman Catholic Church ¹(22)

argues that growth of Pentecostalism marks

(1) the religious pluralism emerging in Brazil (2) an increase in the fundamentalism of Brazilian Christianity ²(22)

remarks also on the growth of Charismatic catholicism, Umbanda and New Age spirituality³ (22)

links this with the "decentralised and nominal religiosity of postmodernism"⁴ (22)

claims that the Brazilian religious heritage leads people to cultural/nominal Christianity; fundamentalism or atheism⁵ (22-23)

postmodernity "ignite both a quest for the spiritual and a highly individualised culture." (22)

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claims that the majority of his new members come either from secularism, nominal Catholicism or from African Cults⁶ (2

1M Moraes, 'The Church of the Good Samaritan, Boa Viagem' Transformation 21:1 ( 2004), 22–24, 22.

2M Moraes, 'The Church of the Good Samaritan, Boa Viagem' Transformation 21:1 ( 2004), 22–24, 22.

3M Moraes, 'The Church of the Good Samaritan, Boa Viagem' Transformation 21:1 ( 2004), 22–24, 22.

4M Moraes, 'The Church of the Good Samaritan, Boa Viagem' Transformation 21:1 ( 2004), 22–24, 22.

5M Moraes, 'The Church of the Good Samaritan, Boa Viagem' Transformation 21:1 ( 2004), 22–24, 22–23.

6M Moraes, 'The Church of the Good Samaritan, Boa Viagem' Transformation 21:1 ( 2004), 22–24, 23.