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Brazil, Christianity in. The conversion of Brazil was effected mainly by the
Jesuits, who founded the city of São Paulo in 1554. The influx of slaves from Africa, who were forcibly converted to Christianity, produced a synthesis of African religions and Catholicism as a way of preserving the language and culture of the African tribes (Afro-Brazilian rites). Brazil became independent of
Portugal in 1822. With the establishment of the Republic in 1889, the Church was disestablished and freedom of worship guaranteed to all bodies. In recent years Protestantism (especially
Baptists,
Pentecostals, and
Seventh-day Adventists),
Spiritualism, and Afro-Brazilian rites have increased their adherents. RC Brazilian bishops have been active in implementing the ‘option for the poor’; many of the pioneers of
Liberation Theology worked within the Basic Christian communities in Brazil.
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Brazil, China Weigh Nuclear Trade Deal.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...Tribune Business News May 27--RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- One day after announcing that Brazil was negotiating the export of uranium and nuclear...calm fears raised by the potential accord. "Brazil has not made any decision," Eduardo Campos...
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Brazil, China weigh nuclear trade deal.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/26/2004; ; 700+ words
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Brazil Grand Prix Results
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/4/2003; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/19/1999; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: European Report; 1/29/2003; 700+ words
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News Wire article from: M2 Presswire; 5/21/2009; 700+ words
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FOOTBALL: Brazil - Brilliant but beatable; WORLD CUP 2002.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 6/20/2002; 700+ words
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Business Wire; 5/13/2009; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Brazil, Intelligence and Security
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
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Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World
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Brazil nut
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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