Religion and Politics
Analysis of the Recent Actions of Evangelicals in Brazilian Politics from the Perspective of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ethics
Keywords:
Ethics, Religion and society, Evangelicals and politics, Public Theology, Dietrich BonhoefferAbstract
The religious group that identifies themselves as Evangelicals has had been for some years a remarkable numerical growth in Brazil. Following the rising of the Evangelical visibility in society there has been also an Evangelical involvment in Brazilian politics. This articles intends to analyse the acting of Brazilian Evangelical congressmen in the second decade of this century in the light of the theological ethics of German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945).