Stop Suffering! Economic Downturns and Pentecostal Upsurge
研究巴西经济衰退如何导致五旬节派信徒增加及其候选人在国会选举中得票率上升，当选后推动宗教敏感议题。
Abstract This paper estimates the effects of economic downturns on the expansion of Pentecostal Evangelicalism in Brazil. Regions more exposed to economic distress experienced a persistent rise both in Pentecostal affiliation and in the vote share of candidates connected to Pentecostal churches in national legislative elections. Once elected, these politicians carry out an agenda with greater emphasis on issues that are sensitive to fundamental religious principles. We, therefore, find that recessions led to the rise of religious fundamentalism in tandem with the transfer of political capital to elected Pentecostal leaders.