By Cecília Loreto Mariz Temple University Press, 1994 Only by understanding the enduring poverty of Brazil can one hope to understand the recent growth of Protestant evangelical churches there, Ceciacute;lia Loreto Mariz contends. Her study investigates how religious groups support individualism and encourage the poor to organize. Groups with shared values are then able to … Continue reading Coping with Poverty: Pentecostals and Christian Base Communities in Brazil