Effervescent Diversity Religions and Churches in Brazil Today

Kliewer investigates whether Brazil is still the biggest Catholic country in the world--more than a quarter of Brazilians now belong to other denominations or religions. In the 2000 census, to the question about religious adherence respondents mentioned more than 100 different religions or religious...

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Published inThe Ecumenical review Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 314 - 321
Main Author Kliewer, Gerd Uwe
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Geneva Blackwell Publishers Ltd 01.07.2005
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Catholic churches
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Protestant churches
Relations
Religions
Religious congregations
Social conditions & trends
Brazil
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Summary:Kliewer investigates whether Brazil is still the biggest Catholic country in the world--more than a quarter of Brazilians now belong to other denominations or religions. In the 2000 census, to the question about religious adherence respondents mentioned more than 100 different religions or religious organizations. Still, of these, only 11 have more than 1 million members. The others are denominations and individual churches whose membership is in the hundreds.
ISSN:0013-0796
1758-6623
DOI:10.1111/j.1758-6623.2005.tb00553.x