Neopentecostal Fundamentalism and Social Work

threat of a new conservative project?

Abstract

This article is the result of doctoral thesis research whose basic foundations are various statistical surveys that point to the increase in followers of large so-called evangelical denominations, of a conservative nature and adherents of the so-called Prosperity Theology, that is, theology adapted to ideological needs of contemporary capitalism. The increasingly intense insertion of religious leaders from these denominations in political-institutional positions in Brazil, concomitantly with the popularization of Olavo de Carvalho's ideas and the agitation and propaganda´s work of ultraliberal organizations and think tanks, was largely responsible for the election of neo-fascist Jair Bolsonaro in the presidency of Brazil, thus reinforcing anti-popular agendas, attacking the secularism of the state, and dismantling public policies to the detriment of Christian philanthropy. Thus, this work aims to contribute to the discussion of the neo-Pentecostal ethos in the composition of contemporary Brazilian conservatism, as well as the threat to the Ethical-Political Project of Social Work.