Evangelicals In Politics Research Articles

Social contribution movement by the American Christian Evangelicals: addressing poverty

Politics and religion are closely related. Professor Kazunobu Horiuchi, Reitaku University, Japan, is interested in the relationship between evangelicals and politics in the US and believes there are misconceptions about conservative evangelicals. He is knowledgeable about the involvement and influence of conservative evangelicals in politics and is also interested in the links between religion and poverty. Indeed, in recent years, Horiuchi has been focusing on his research on evangelical efforts to address poverty issues, including conservative evangelicals’ reluctance to contribute to societal issues such as eradicating poverty and the active role of the Evangelical Left in such societal issues. In one study, he is working to empirically verify how conservative evangelical and liberal Evangelical Left churches actually tackle social or international poverty issues in church-side social contribution activities centred on poverty issues. To do this, he is exploring the history of the formation of the Religious Left and the Evangelical Left, the contents of the movement and an examination of the possible impact of these movements on the future of US society and politics. Horiuchi now has a grant to conduct research on the relationship between the US evangelical movement and race issues and this will be an area of focus for the next three years.

Evangelicals and politicians in Argentina and Brazil: transformations and conservative choices

ABSTRACT Over the last decade, academic interest in evangelical groups in Latin America has reappeared in light of their growing participation in the political-electoral processes taking place in various countries in the region, generally accompanying political formations that have intensified a shift to the right. In this interest, in their achievements and in their blind spots, it becomes clear to what extent evangelicals pose an intellectual and political challenge for the critical currents in the academic world. In this paper, we propose to investigate the ways in which the relationships between evangelical groups and the political process in Latin America occur. More specifically, what are the relationships between these groups and the authoritarian and conservative shift that occurring in many countries in the region. Starting with a theoretical discussion about evangelism in Latin America, we will attempt to answer this question by considering the case of two different countries. On the one hand, Brazil, in which the participation of evangelicals in politics seems to be inextricably linked with conservative radicalization. On the other Argentina, which appears to be a slightly more open in its historical possibilities, although it is in a process of transformation. Through them we will attempt to demonstrate a single thesis: that within the framework of the political and social processes under way in both countries, the socio-political insertion of evangelicals goes from a relative malleability and contingency in terms of their political destiny to the sedimentation of a series of conditions that transform them either into companions or into catalysts of this authoritarian shift in politics.

La nueva teología política en América Latina:

We approach the new political theology that has emerged and developed in Latin America during the era of Globalization, using as a historical example the triumph of Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential elections in Brazil. From several schmittian categories of hermeneutic value, we analyze the Brazilian phenomenon in its future, its support and its speeches, interpreting the “messianic” content of Latin American political evangelism.

Teoria feminista e ação política: repensando a justiça feminista no Brasil na busca pela concretização de direitos

Este artigo analisa os desdobramentos teórico/práticos do movimento feminista no Brasil, evidenciando que as desigualdades de gênero ainda são constantes, especialmente em momentos de fragilidade democrática. A partir de então, apresenta o Liberalismo Democrático-Igualitário como teoria de justiça feminista para o Brasil do século XXI. Tal proposta teórica está assentada nos fundamentos da multidimensionalidade, do igualitarismo, do cosmopolitismo e da democracia participativa, aliando elementos da teoria social participativa de Nancy Fraser, com o liberalismo igualitário das capacidades de Martha Nussbaum. Aliando à teoria das capacidades o potencial emancipatório e democrático da contrapublicidade fraseriana, busca constituir-se em um referencial político capaz de superar o déficit de empoderamento feminino na sociedade brasileira, superando as fragilidades dos feminismos do final do século XX, e recuperando o potencial crítico e emancipatório da filosofia feminista, tornando-a capaz de enfrentar o avanço do conservadorismo, do evangelicalismo político e do individualismo neoliberal.

O dia do “evangélico”: estratégias e disputas para a visibilidade pública de religiões evangélicas

O artigo investiga a atuação de um vereador, agente religioso vinculado à Assembleia de Deus e que atua junto à Câmara Municipal de Campo Mourão-PR, no intuito de problematizar a presença de evangélicos na política, por meio da instituição de marcos temporais comemorativos. Em especial, discute-se a proposição de um Projeto de Lei de autoria do referido vereador, que solicitou a criação e a inserção do “Dia do Evangélico” no calendário municipal. Compõem o corpus documental o Projeto de Lei 186/2013 e outros materiais coletados, como postagens e publicações nas redes sociais e em sites de notícia locais. Discutimos acerca da presença de evangélicos na política, crescente no Brasil sobretudo a partir da década de 1980, os quais vêm apresentando pautas legislativas e marcando a presença no espaço.

ULTRALIBERALISMO, EVANGELICALISMO POLÍTICO E MISOGINIA: A FORÇA TRIUNFANTE DO PATRIARCALISMO NA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA PÓS-IMPEACHMENT

O artigo perspectiva o cenário político-social brasileiro pós-impeachment de 2016, buscando compreender as causas condicionantes do referido processo e os seus reflexos na política e na sociedade brasileiras. Visa a responder ao seguinte problema de pesquisa: em que medida o processo de impeachment ocorrido no Brasil em 2016, mais do que um simples processo jurídico-político, representou um marco na (re)articulação e no avanço do patriarcalismo, ancorado especialmente em uma aliança entre ultraliberais e fundamentalistas que, com base em uma retórica misógina e conservadora, abriu caminho para o avanço das políticas de desmonte do Estado Social minimamente estruturado no Brasil, evidenciando a ocorrência de um processo denominado, a partir da teoria social-democrática de Nancy Fraser, de “evangelicalismo político”? Para responder à pergunta, o texto encontra-se estruturado em três partes: em um primeiro momento, realiza uma análise do patriarcalismo, considerando ser este o modelo (ainda) predominante na sociedade brasileira; em um segundo momento, aborda os acontecimentos jurídico-políticos do impeachment sofrido por Dilma Rousseff, demonstrando que este processo configurou-se a partir de uma (re)articulação do avanço das forças patriarcalistas; por fim, apresenta o “evangelicalismo político”, tal qual cunhado por Nancy Fraser, como o movimento que dá sustentação ao patriarcalismo, na medida em que viabiliza a aliança do fundamentalismo religioso com o movimento de avanço ultraliberal. Utiliza-se, na investigação, o método fenomenológico, notadamente a partir das contribuições de Martin Heidegger e Hans-Georg Gadamer.

The Applause of Heaven: Max Lucado and the Cutesy in American Evangelicalism

Best-selling evangelical author Max Lucado's appeal is indicative of a motif in evangelicalism that I call “the cutesy.” Evangelicals who use the cutesy seek the knowing smile, serenity, or the heart-felt and precious “awww.” Instead of dismissing the cutesy as unworthy of attention, we should pay close attention to how and why evangelicals especially turn to these types of expressions in certain cultural moments. Lucado serves as the premiere example of the deployment of the cutesy and its power in contemporary evangelicalism to provide psychological stability to his audience. This desire for stability in the modern world runs counter to a political evangelicalism that seeks a militant faith but develops from the same cultural moments and can serve similar functions. The cutesy is another example of why evangelicalism maintains its prominence in contemporary life.

Strong Religion and Political Viewpoints in a Deeply Divided Society: An Examination of the Gospel Hall Tradition in Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland, fundamentalist religion is often associated with the political evangelicalism of what is known as Paisleyism. However, strong religion has also other forms. An example of a significantly different kind of fundamentalism is that practised by the Gospel Hall tradition (or the Brethren). Although the movement's doctrine and theology have been well researched, which point to its propensity towards pietistic retreat from the secular world, little is known about the Brethren's views and opinions of a province that is deeply divided, ethnically and politically. This article explores the attitudes of believers towards politics and such major developments as the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. It also accounts for the impact of ‘the Troubles’ on the movement in the context of its evangelistic strategies and considers the continued influence of ethno-sectarian factors in the post-settlement period. Importantly, despite Northern Ireland's ethno-political divisions—both past and present—the Brethren have generally maintained an a-political disposition. The article highlights the point that, although a movement might be motivated by otherworldly concerns and be firmly focused on matters spiritual, the temporal exigencies of a divided society are very difficult to escape. Finally, the article makes a contribution to furthering our understanding of the different kinds of fundamentalism that can exist within the same belief system and society.

Millennial dreams and apocalyptic nightmares: the Cold War origins of political Evangelicalism

Millennial dreams and apocalyptic nightmares: the Cold War origins of political Evangelicalism

Ties That Bind and Divisions That Persist: Evangelical Faith and the Political Spectrum

American evangelicals have exerted significant political influence over the last thirty years. Particular policies and strategies of action have contributed to the alliance between conservative political life and evangelical activism. However, many evangelicals also identify with concerns and priorities of the political Left. Evangelicals in politics reflect a significant degree of cohesion, but there are also significant divisions among evangelicals in government, ones that have political consequences. This essay traces the expressive and institutional components of political activism that have contributed to cohesion between evangelical leaders and conservative politics. It then analyzes similar initiatives among the political Left. I conclude with an assessment of these developments and suggest why the political Right has been more successful. Data for this essay are based on interviews with 360 national, public leaders as well as leaders of evangelical institutions. Informants for this essay include two former Presidents of the United States; nearly fifty Cabinet secretaries, governmental leaders, and senior White House staffers; over 100 presidents, CEOs, or senior executives at large firms, both public and private; a dozen accomplished Hollywood professionals; over 10 leaders from the world of professional athletics, and a handful of leaders from the artistic and philanthropic arenas, among others. This study involves the largest and most comprehensive examination on the role of faith in the lives of public leaders ever conducted.

Evangelicals in Politics in South Africa

Evangelicals in Politics in South Africa

Political Evangelism

Political Evangelism

Political Evangelism

Political Evangelism

Political Evangelism. By Richard J. Mouw. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1973. 111 pp. $1.95 paper

Journal Article Political Evangelism. By Richard J. Mouw. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1973. 111 pp. $1.95 paper Get access T. B. Maston T. B. Maston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 18, Issue 2, Spring 1976, Pages 371–372, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/18.2.371-a Published: 01 March 1976

Political Evangelism by Richard J. Mouw (Eerdmans; 111 pp.; $1.95 [paper

Political Evangelism by Richard J. Mouw (Eerdmans; 111 pp.; $1.95 [paper

Ian Paisley: Evangelism and confrontation in Northern Ireland

This essay examines the role of the rhetoric of the Protestant extremist, Ian Paisley, in the inception of the civil unrest in Northern Ireland. Specifically, two of Paisley's rhetorical strategies, political evangelism and confrontation, are examined. Paisley himself is identified as a preacher in the tradition of the right‐wing fundamentalists in the United States.

Billy James Hargis: Auctioneer of political evangelism

This study analyzes the anti‐Communist movement of Billy James Hargis? who blends an agitative rhetoric with evangelistic methodology to derive a political evangelism.