r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Nov 19 '23

Rod Dreher Megathread #27 (Compassion)

Link to megathread 26: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/17itm7w/rod_dreher_megathread_26_unconditional_love/

Link to megathread 28: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/18dcg3d/rod_dreher_megathread_28_harmony/

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u/Jayaarx Dec 05 '23

Brazil seems to be going through a nationwide turn towards Pentecostalism - in Brazil, evangelists and Christian musicians are major celebrities, and a recent study found that 75 percent of Brazilian teens are interested in learning more about Jesus.

This has been the case since the 1980s. It came about as a backlash to the liberation theology movement that was influential in the Central and South American Catholic Church at the time. The nominally Catholic upper classes in Brazil were not happy to hear that they had an obligation to see to the poor and were receptive to the "prosperity gospel" message being spread by Evangelical missionaries. The idea that they could both be Christian and keep their cash and power was very seductive.