The diaspora of Brazilian Religions

Author Biographies

• Paulina Valamiel Lopes, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF)

  Mestranda na Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro. Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil. E-mail: paulinavalamiel@id.uff.br

• Silvia Regina Alves Fernandes, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

  works in a network with Latin American researchers linked to Boston College-USA. Member of ACSRM - Association of Scientific Socialists of Southern Merco Religion y del Consejo Científico 2018-2020. Professor in PPGCS - Postgraduate program in UFRRJ and PPGSP - Postgraduate program in sociology and politics, in UENF, held a postgraduate course in CAPES at the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos y Departamento de Religión, Universidad de Florida (Gainesville) 2013 -2014 ; Professor in Social Sciences at the State University of Río de Janeiro (2004) and Master in Social Sciences at the State University of Río de Janeiro (1999). He has experience in Sociology, with emphasis on Sociology of Religion and Sociology of Youth. She was coordinator of research in CERIS - Center for Religious Statistics and Social Investigations and Consultant for the Forum Pew Religión y Vida Pública - Encuesta Religión en Brasil 2013-2014. He is the leader of the CNPq research group: CRELIG - Territorial dynamics, culture and religion and member of the GEC research group - Clara Mafra - Christianity studies. Among its publications, we highlight the following: ¿Hits that define the juvenile condition of Catholics and Pentecostals in the Baixada Fluminense region? Some suggestions from a survey. Rio de Janeiro: Religión y sociedad, vol. 31, 2011; Religious youth and Catholicism: elections, challenges and subjectivities. Cuarteto / Faperj, 2010; Current research topics: Catholicism; pentecostalism; youth; institutions; Catholic church, transnational studies, non-religious profile in Brazil.