Altar gladiators? Discussin the strangeness notion in the religious discourse of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God by Elisane Pinto da Silva Machado de Lima

“…In this article, I analyze the occurrence of the term “gladiator” in the religious discourse  of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, or, better yet, the strangeness, according to Ernst-Pereira (2009), caused by the presence of this term in the linearity of a discourse to which, at first, it would not belong. …”
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A Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus em Angola: faces da nova cartografia religiosa global by Anaxsuell Fernando Silva, Karen Susan Silva Pititinga Rosa

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Alguns fiéis da igreja universal do reino de Deus Some worshippers from the universal church of the kingdom of God by Diana Lima

“…Looking to gain a better understanding of the charisma associated with this version of Christianity, the text examines a number of elements used in the construction of male subjectivities, such as they appear to members of a network of worshippers from the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. This network is formed by around 20 men, both single and married, aged between 18 and 45 years with low levels of schooling, living in favelas or on hillsides located on the boundary between the south zone and centre of Rio de Janeiro. …”
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A Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus: ação social além-fronteiras by Nina Rosas

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La Bible au Congrès. Pentecôtisme et politique au Brésil (1986-2016) by Richard Marin

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Percursos do Diabo e seus papéis nas igrejas neopentecostais by André Ricardo de Souza, Edin Sued Abumanssur, Jorge Leite Júnior

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Gesù Cristo è il Signore: a Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus em Itália Gesù Cristo è Il Signore: the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Italy by Donizete Rodrigues, Marcos de Araújo Silva

“…<br>Based on ethnographic research, this article focuses on the presence of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in Italy, where it operates under the name Chiesa Cristiana dello Spirito Santo (CCSS). …”
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Texto e contextos da fé: o discurso mediado de Edir Macedo by Claudia Wolff Swatowiski

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Ethos as an argumentative strategy in religious discourse of Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus by Bárbara Amaral Silva

“…Based on the ideas of Ruth Amossy over ethos, we seek to prove how this rhetoric evidence is used in religious discourse of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in order to generate Credibility and Legitimacy and thus validate what is said front of the audience. …”
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“Quando il servizio è gratis il prodotto sei tu”. Religioni imprenditoriali ed emergenza sanitaria nel carcere portoghese by Francesca Cerbini

“… This article focuses on the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), one of the most powerful entrepreneurial religions. …”
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Aspects of the insertion of Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus into televised media: technologies of discourse serving hegemonic practice by Cláudio Márcio do Carmo

“…<em>This article analyses some aspects of the insertion of Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God) into the media. It started with the television program Pare de Sofrer, broadcast daily by Rede Record.My presupposition is that this new preaching space helps to marketize the discourse due to its intersemiotic aspect. …”
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Duty and pleasure in wedding-company: Regular transactions of love control according to the Universal Church by Bárbara Regina Altivo

“…This paper investigates the central notions that animate the proposal of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) about love in the contemporary world through their discursive materials. …”
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“Quando il servizio è gratis il prodotto sei tu”. Religioni imprenditoriali ed emergenza sanitaria nel carcere portoghese by Francesca Cerbini

“… This article focuses on the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD), one of the most powerful entrepreneurial religions. …”
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Expansão pentecostal no Brasil: o caso da Igreja Universal by Ricardo Mariano

“…It also analyzes the expansion of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, prioritizing the study of its ecclesiastical organization, pastoral work, collection capabilities and management of resources thus obtained, electronic evangelism, the systematic offering of magical/religious services, and the deliberate syncretism with popular religiousness.…”
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Religious Market and Its Entrepreneurs: Comparative Perspective on Brazil and Poland by Renata Siuda-Ambroziak, Ewa Stachowska

“…In the article, referring to the economic theories of religion by Stark and Bainbridge, the authors present comparative characteristics of the two religious markets (Polish and Brazilian), showing briefly their respective historical background, current state, as well as dynamics of growth in the religious sectors of both countries, taking as examples two important cases of innovative religious entrepreneurs: Father Tadeusz Rydzyk (Catholic Church) in Poland and Bishop Edir Macedo (Universal Church of the Kingdom of God) in Brazil.…”
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The Influence of Religion on the Search for a Future Spouse: A Preliminary Study in Evangelical Communities by Agnaldo Garcia, Mariana Grassi Maciel

“…Regarding the method, twenty young adults, from 18 to 25 years old, members of historical evangelical communities (Presbyterian Church) and neo-pentecostal communities (Universal Church of the Kingdom of God) of Vitória were interviewed. …”
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Media and Religion in Brazil: The rise of TV Record and UCKG and their attempts at globalization by Raul Reis

“…The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), a neo-Pentecostal religious group originally from Brazil, has attracted a great deal of attention since it was founded by Pastor Edir Macedo in 1977. …”
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Gender strategies in a diasporic context: the case of the Brazilian Pentecostal Missionaries in Barcelona. by Donizete Rodrigues, Marcos de Araújo Silva

“…From a localized ethnography - conducted between November 2011 and April 2012 - this article analyzes the work of evangelization and gender strategies developed by two emblematic and differentiated Brazilian neo-Pentecostal religious movements, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain): the evangelical and transnationalised Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal group Raboni Ajaray. …”
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La Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios en Europa by Nilton Cezar Pereira Pinto

“…</span></p><p><span class="blk9">_____________</span></p><p><span class="blk9"><strong>ABSTRACT:</strong></span></p><p><span class="blk9">The process by which the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD) has spreaded in dozens of countries, including Portugal and England, is an important part of a major religious transformation of the late twentieth century: the transformation of petencostalism in Global religion and the creation of more centres. …”
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Suspicious spirits by Ilana van Wyk

“…I argue that members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, where this ethic was elaborated, found in radical Otherness the possibility of an ontologically singular position from which they could attempt to remake social worlds that would be immune from witchcraft – without exposing themselves to the dangers of new social relations. …”
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