From Neo-Pentecostalism emerged in Brazil hundreds (or probably
thousands) of new evangelical churches (Chesnut 1997). Since the
introduction of the Protestant Neo-Pentecostalism and the Catholic
charismatic renewal in Brazil, from the last two decades of the
twentieth century, the situation had a radical change; in fact, the
situation now is inverted: with the expressive emigration of
Brazilians, especially to the United States and Europe has been
accompanied by a massive exportation of Brazilian Neo-Pentecostal
churches. From the end of the 1980s, many Brazilian churches
followed the large Brazilian immigration - mainly to the United
States and Europe - began a rapid and expressive international
expansion. And as a consequence, today it constitutes an important
and global religious phenomenon (Mariz 2009). Following Brazilian
migration flows, pastors of the Brazilian Pentecostal churches
travelled and migrated to the United States (particularly the New
York Metropolitan Area) both to accompany their already converted
compatriots, and to evangelize Brazilian immigrants, as well as
other immigrant groups. This book is an anthropological study on
Brazilian immigrants in the United States and their relationship
with Pentecostal movements. It involves the following theoretical
issues: globalization, migration, religion/Pentecostalism, and
identity. Besides the Anthropology of religion, these theoretical
issues also need sociological approach, especially the Sociology of
migration, ethnic minorities and religion. The principal purpose of
the book is to study Brazilian immigrants and Pentecostal churches
in NYMA, but where are they? Where they live and pray? After the
exploratory fieldwork in 2008, in my ethnographic research
(September 2009-December 2010), I found the very expressive number
of two hundred thirty-two (232) different churches, with large
concentration in Queens and Newark. To be more specific - and no
more an 'invisible minority' (Margolis 2009) - the Brazilian
immigrants and their evangelical churches are particularly
established in the followings areas: New York City (with five
boroughs - Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, and Queens),
and northern of New Jersey (Newark). This data confirm the large
concentration of Brazilian evangelical immigrants in New York
Metropolitan Area. Therefore, this reality represents a broad
research field for sociologists and anthropologists.
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