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Wania Mesquita

PhD in Sociology from IUPERJ (currently IESP/UERJ). Professor at the Fluminense State University of North Rio de Janeiro (UENF), Brazil. Postdoctoral internships at Utrecht University, the Netherlands (2025) and at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (2015).

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The evangelical boom slows: the 2022 Census shows a more plural and less predictable Brazil

The 2022 Census shows Brazil’s Catholic decline, slower evangelical growth, and rising Afro-Brazilian and non-religious groups, shaping a plural future.