RT Article
T1 Exoticizing Terrorism: Religious Bias and the Unchecked Threat of Evangelical Christian Extremism in Brazil
JF The journal of religion & society
VO 23
A1 Boaz, Danielle N. 1982-
LA English
PB Creighton University
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1801904715
AB Since the start of the 21st century, Brazil has been experiencing a rapidly escalating problem with Evangelical Christian extremism. Persons referring to themselves as "armies of Jesus" have been assaulting devotees of Afro-Brazilian religions—stealing and destroying their sacred artifacts, as well as burning and bombing their places of worship. Although Brazil recently passed some of the most expansive anti-terrorism legislation in the world, it has failed to hold Evangelical extremists accountable under these laws. This article explores how Brazil’s non-recognition of Evangelical extremism is part of a global trend to "exoticize" terrorists as a foreign, unfamiliar threat.
K1 Brazil
K1 Candomblé
K1 Evangelical
K1 Extremism
K1 Terrorism