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The establishment of the Brazilian republic triggered political agents within the religious sphere to analyze the 1891 Constitution. The Protestant political insertion increased and one may trace the catalyzing elements of its political activities, even though most segments kept aloof from politics. They merely manifested themselves when religious issues on religious freedom were involved. The 1950 political context brought to the fore new concerns on the religious polarization. Foregrounded on the conflict theory of Lewis Coser, current paper discusses the construction of these two subjects that heralded the social and religious projects of the republican period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 2010 Brazilian elections showed an undeniable public visibility of religion on political matters. In this context, they opened up room for religious groups to present their questions on the right to reproduce, freedom of speech, economic and social development, and public management. Thereby, movements such as the Charismatic Catholic Renewal behold the birth of socially and religiously motivated proposals of candidates, which placed charismatics in an ambiguous position. Therefore, this paper aims to signal that the political activity is fulfilled wich opposite and crossed directions in a constant attempt to be somehow articulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]