Travis Knoll received his PhD in history with a focus on Latin America from Duke University in 2022 and is currently an instructor of history at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. His research examines links between racial justice policy and religious civil society organizations in the formation of international progressive organizations.
The key to Lula’s success with religious voters is offering them respect without pandering to them. Lula artfully refrains from instrumentalizing religion and refuses to be instrumentalized by it.