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Brazil today is the most Protestant country in South America with 22.2% of the population being Protestant, [6] 89% of Brazilian evangelicals are Pentecostal, in Chile they represent 79% of the total evangelicals in that country, 69% in Argentina and 59% in Colombia. [5]
The status of religious freedom in South America varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non-practitioners), the extent to which religious organizations operating within the ...
The Baháʼí Faith in Brazil started in 1919 with Baháʼís first visiting the country that year, [60] and the first Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly in Brazil was established in 1928. There followed a period of growth with the arrival of coordinated pioneers from the United States finding national Brazilian converts and in 1961 an ...
3.4 South America. 4 Asia. Toggle Asia subsection. ... This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew ... Brazil: 216,422,446 ...
Jews and Judaism in South America by country (12 C) + Religion in South America by former country (1 C, ... Religion in Brazil (18 C, 10 P) C. Religion in Chile (11 C ...
Indigenous creeds and rituals are still practiced in countries with large percentages of Amerindians, such as Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru.Various Afro-Latin American traditions such as Santería, Candomblé, Umbanda, Macumba, and tribal-voodoo religions are also practiced, mainly in Cuba, Brazil, and Haiti.
[3] [7] [22] Since 1900, Protestantism has spread rapidly in Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America. [ 23 ] [ 8 ] [ 22 ] That caused Protestantism to be called a primarily non-Western religion. [ 7 ] [ 22 ] Much of the growth has occurred after World War II , when decolonization of Africa and abolition of various restrictions against ...
There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam. The United States has the largest Christian population in the world, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and the Philippines. [12]