This article discusses the so-called ‘revolutionary’ character of Evangelical and Pentecostal movements, as has been proposed in mainstream sociological and anthropological literature. Through a historical and ethnographic account of Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in Angola, we suggest that in this country Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism is defined by exclusionary tactics that render most churches compliant with the current political regime, and they in fact act as reactionary, conservative forces in contexts of social and political disruption. This in turn exposes a divergence in terms of political rhetoric and praxis among Evangelical and Pentecostal movements.

本文讨论了福音派和五旬节运动的所谓“革命性”特征，正如主流社会学和人类学文献所提出的那样。通过对安哥拉福音派和五旬节基督教的历史和人种学研究，我们认为，在这个国家，福音派和五旬节主义的定义是排他性策略，使大多数教堂符合当前的政治制度，事实上，它们在反叛，保守势力中扮演着社会和政治动荡的背景。反过来，这在福音派运动和五旬节运动之间暴露出政治修辞和实践上的分歧。