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The article presents a comparative study of the formation of religious and ethnic identities within black Pentecostals in Brazil and the U.S. The author asserts that both groups of black Pentecostals share a feeling of mutual denial in terms of their religious identities. Research in the U.S. focuses on the Bible Way movement of Pentecostalism, which mostly exists in the American South, and Brazilian research centers on differences between Pentecostal churches and the Afro-Brazilian religions of Umbanda and Candomblé. Religious topics such as testimonials, salvation, and Pentecostal fundamentalism are also explored.