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Horrana Grieg Oliveira

Master's degree in Anthropology and PhD candidate in Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. She is a researcher in the "Public Opinion, Political Marketing, and Electoral Behavior" group at UFMG.

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Dominion theology and the culture wars in Brazilian politics

Dominion Theology is pushing a politico-religious offensive in Brazil: occupying institutions, imposing biblical morality and waging "culture wars" against LGBTQIA+ rights, abortion and gender-sensitive education. With Bolsonaro and figures like Nikolas Ferreira, conservative Pentecostalism is gaining power, stressing the Judiciary and eroding secularism and democracy.