ABSTRACT
Because of the internalizing mechanisms of colonization, theology in Latin America is a by-product of the Enlightenment. A limping theological thought dislocates, disconnects and disfigures the order of things and it does so not for the sake of dislocation itself but to open up other ways of thinking, of living, of knowing and not knowing. A limping theological thought tries to slip away from the ontotheological structures of theological discourse and offers a Brazilian taste to its production. Brazil, the last country to outlaw slavery, is now filled with so-called 'cordial racism', which expresses itself daily against the African Brazilian people, who compose a majority of the nation's population. In the recent past Pentecostals and neo-Pentecostals have grown by leaps and bounds, conquering every corner of Brazil with their gospel of prosperity. Brazil is known as the largest Catholic country in the world, yet this is now starkly challenged by the rapid growth of its Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal movements.
