Brazilians have scapegoated evangelicals as Bolsonaro's fan club, claims Lucas Lirose. The Protestant landscape is not monolithic: Pentecostals, Neo-Pentecostals, congregations. Some priests supported Bolsonaro; Not every believer did this. Churches fill gaps left by the state - favelas, prisons. Many of them are socially conservative, but hold workers' rights; The universal church allows support for abortion. And it's not just American imports. Brazilian evangelicalism grew locally. A worker can vote Lula and still attend a conservative church. Until the left stops treating entire communities as enemies, it will continue to misread Brazil. Read more by Lucas Lirose more about world politics.

Brazilians have scapegoated evangelicals as Bolsonaro's fan club, claims Lucas Lirose. The Protestant landscape is not monolithic: Pentecostals, Neo-Pentecostals, congregations. Some priests supported Bolsonaro; Not every believer did this. Churches fill gaps left by the state - favelas, prisons. Many of them are socially conservative, but hold workers' rights; The universal church allows support for abortion. And it's not just American imports. Brazilian evangelicalism grew locally. A worker can vote Lula and still attend a conservative church. Until the left stops treating entire communities as enemies, it will continue to misread Brazil. Read more by Lucas Lirose more about world politics.