Books
The New Christian Militarism: Evangelicalism, the Police, and Far-Right Order-Building in Brazil
Manchester University Press | 2028
This book investigates the impact of Evangelical activism with police forces in Brazil and its relationship to far-right politics. Through extensive ethnographic fieldwork major Evangelical organisations across the country, it addresses a key issue of how de-democratisation operates from ‘below’, through informal solidarity networks and their interactions with security governance structures. With groundbreaking empirical material and sharp analytical rigor, this book uncovers the historical roots of Christian Militarism in Brazil, the militarized ideologies that sustain these networks, and the institutionalization of ‘Spiritual Assistance’ as a national public policy for police officers under Bolsonaro’s far-right administration. As an increasingly prominent yet under-studied phenomenon, this book redefines the debate on the global far-right by unravelling the social and political dynamics of Evangelical activism in the security sector and debating its implications for democracy and the policing of marginalised social groups. This book is an essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the risks of far-right radicalisation in Brazil and beyond, as well as to specialists interested in the intersections of policing, civil society, and religion.
No Way to Gaza
MEMO Publishers | 2020 | 152 pages | Paperback | Kindle
A group of Brazilian filmmakers on an academic mission attempt to reach the Gaza Strip via Egypt. What was supposed to be an alternative route to the Israeli-controlled Erez Crossing, which allows only accredited journalists and humanitarian organisations to pass, soon became a dangerous adventure into the depths of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's dictatorship and his controversial war on terror in the Sinai Peninsula. This chronicle, which gathers the group's anecdotes and adventures, also tells the story of the Palestinians who risk everything to get to their homeland. It exposes an Egypt that, after the seed of its first democratic experiment was sown in 2011, has buried the voices of hope that once echoed from Tahrir Square in the days of the Arab Spring.
Sem Caminhos para Gaza
Monitor do Oriente | 2021 | 207 páginas | Amazon
Um grupo de documentaristas brasileiros em missão acadêmica tenta cruzar para Gaza pelo Egito. O que deveria ter sido um trajeto facilitador e alternativo ao bloqueio israelense, que permite apenas a entrada de jornalistas credenciados e organizações humanitárias pela fronteira de Erez, logo revelou-se uma aventura perigosa nas entranhas da ditadura de Sisi e do teatro de sua polêmica guerra antiterrorista na Península do Sinai. Esta crônica, que reúne a memória dos integrantes acerca das anedotas e peripécias da viagem, também narra a saga dos palestinos que arriscam tudo para chegar à sua terra, e expõe o retrato de um Egito que, após a semente lançada de seu primeiro experimento democrático, parece ter sepultado as vozes de esperança que ecoavam da Praça Tahrir naqueles tempos da Primavera Árabe.
Editorial work
Some fiction and non-fiction books I worked as editor.
