Kim Teresa Beecheno
Researcher at Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society (CRS)
- E-mail:
- kim.beecheno@crs.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken
Thunbergsvägen 3C
751 20 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Teologiska institutionen
Box 511
751 20 Uppsala
Short presentation
I am a sociologist of religion who specialises in: Faith-Based Organisations (FBOs) and Welfare; Violence Against Women (VAW) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV); Critical Race Theory including Critical Whiteness, Pentecostalism & Catholicism; with a regional focus on Latin America, in particular Brazil. My postdoctoral research at Uppsala focuses on social media, religion, gender, race and class.
Keywords
- pentecostalism
- racism
- social media analysis
- feminist methodologies
- welfare
- gender based violence
- sociology of religion

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Journal of Contemporary Religion, p. 309-326, 2024
- DOI for "I'm not saying this to be racist, but...": uncovering attitude of whiteness in a narrative study of a Brazilian Pentecostal church leader
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Part of Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society, p. 307-320, Routledge, 2022
Part of Religion and Gender, p. 245-264, 2021
- DOI for Conservative Christianity and Intimate Partner Violence in Brazil: Using Feminism to Question Patriarchal Interpretations of Religion
- Download full text (pdf) of Conservative Christianity and Intimate Partner Violence in Brazil: Using Feminism to Question Patriarchal Interpretations of Religion
Part of The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society, Routledge, 2021
Part of Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, p. 470-486, Brill Academic Publishers, 2020
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Journal of Contemporary Religion, p. 309-326, 2024
- DOI for "I'm not saying this to be racist, but...": uncovering attitude of whiteness in a narrative study of a Brazilian Pentecostal church leader
- Download full text (pdf) of "I'm not saying this to be racist, but...": uncovering attitude of whiteness in a narrative study of a Brazilian Pentecostal church leader
Part of Religion and Gender, p. 245-264, 2021
- DOI for Conservative Christianity and Intimate Partner Violence in Brazil: Using Feminism to Question Patriarchal Interpretations of Religion
- Download full text (pdf) of Conservative Christianity and Intimate Partner Violence in Brazil: Using Feminism to Question Patriarchal Interpretations of Religion
Part of Social Inclusion, p. 14-23, 2019
- DOI for Faith-Based Organisations as Welfare Providers in Brazil: The Conflict over Gender in Cases of Domestic Violence
- Download full text (pdf) of Faith-Based Organisations as Welfare Providers in Brazil: The Conflict over Gender in Cases of Domestic Violence
Chapters in book
Part of Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society, p. 307-320, Routledge, 2022
Part of The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society, Routledge, 2021
Part of Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, p. 470-486, Brill Academic Publishers, 2020
Life Cycles of Spirituality: Religious Conversion and Violence in São Paulo
Part of Spaces of Spirituality, p. 184-197, Routledge, 2018
- DOI for Life Cycles of Spirituality: Religious Conversion and Violence in São Paulo
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