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Religion, Migration and Gender Strategies: Brazilian (Catholic and Evangelical) Missionaries in Barcelona

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: This article reflects on gender strategies developed by Brazilian Pentecostal missionaries linked to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and the evangelical Universal Church of the Kingdom of God/United Family, in the city of Barcelona, Spain. From a comparative study of the daily life of the missionaries, the paper discusses how ‘feminized’ and ‘manly’ character, respectively, define important boundaries between Catholic charismatic and Evangelical groups. The ethnographic data demonstrate how certain religious particularities of immigrants can act as a source of social differentiation that highlights opportunities and specific doctrinal strategies for women and men, in the context of diaspora.

Source: Religion and Gender

DOI: 10.1163/18785417-00301004

Authors: Marcos de Araújo Silva, Donizete Rodrigues

Institutions: University of Southern California, University of Beira Interior, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Language: English

Topic: Religion and Society in Latin America

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Vrije Universiteit Brussel