Sindicato de Mágicos: uma história cultural da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (1977-2006)
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2007-03-02
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Proença, Wander de Lara [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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Em 1977, com o nome de Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, surgiu o mais instigante movimento religioso no cenário brasileiro contemporâneo, não apenas pelo explosivo crescimento numérico, mas principalmente pela inauguração de práticas que transpõem as categorias conceituais explicativas classicamente utilizadas para a análise das manifestações de fé. Abordagens jornalísticas, religiosas e sociológicas não deram conta de compreender a abrangência e os impactos promovidos por esse segmento. O desafio foi então lançado à historiografia. Com o propósito de contribuir para o preenchimento dessa lacuna, esse trabalho se propôs a pesquisar, com profundidade, as práticas e as representações que notabilizaram o fenômeno iurdiano. Para isso, a partir de parâmetros teórico-metodológicos da História Cultural - articulados com os pensamentos de Roger Chartier e Pierre Bourdieu - realizaram-se incursões investigativas nos documentos próprios da igreja, conjugando-as com observações participantes nos cultos e ritos, cruzando-se ainda tais fontes com depoimentos de líderes e fiéis, além de gravações sistematizadas de programas midiáticos, transcritos e catalogados para análise. Constatou-se que o fenômeno iurdiano: não é dissidência e nem continuidade de outras expressões religiosas, mas é criador de algo novo a partir de apropriação e resignificação de compósitos culturais arraigados na longa duração histórica; estabeleceu um marco divisor no campo religioso quando chegou às massas e atingiu a matriz cultural brasileira...
In 1977 was inaugurated, with the name Universal Church of the Kingdom of God - Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD) - the most provocative religious movement in contemporary Brazil, not simply due to its explosive numerical growth, but mainly because of its practices that went beyond classical conceptual categories employed in analyses of faith manifestations. Journalistic, religious, and sociological approaches were not sufficient to account for the range and impact of this segment. The challenge was then submitted to historiography. With the purpose of answering some of these lacunae, the present work proposes to research in depth the practices and representations that most mark the IURD phenomenon. For that, using theoretical-methodological parameters from cultural history, articulated in the works of Roger Chartier and Pierre Bourdieu, we shall make incursive investigations into the documents of the church, placing these alongside the observations made by participants in the church s rites and practices, then comparing these with additional statements from the church s leadership and faithful followers. We will also examine Transcripted and catalogued information gathered from various media programs. It was found that the IURD phenomenon was not due to dissidence nor continuity with other religious expressions, but was instead the creation of something new... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below)
In 1977 was inaugurated, with the name Universal Church of the Kingdom of God - Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD) - the most provocative religious movement in contemporary Brazil, not simply due to its explosive numerical growth, but mainly because of its practices that went beyond classical conceptual categories employed in analyses of faith manifestations. Journalistic, religious, and sociological approaches were not sufficient to account for the range and impact of this segment. The challenge was then submitted to historiography. With the purpose of answering some of these lacunae, the present work proposes to research in depth the practices and representations that most mark the IURD phenomenon. For that, using theoretical-methodological parameters from cultural history, articulated in the works of Roger Chartier and Pierre Bourdieu, we shall make incursive investigations into the documents of the church, placing these alongside the observations made by participants in the church s rites and practices, then comparing these with additional statements from the church s leadership and faithful followers. We will also examine Transcripted and catalogued information gathered from various media programs. It was found that the IURD phenomenon was not due to dissidence nor continuity with other religious expressions, but was instead the creation of something new... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below)
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Religiosidade, Sociologia, Cultural history
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PROENÇA, Wander de Lara. Sindicato de Mágicos: uma história cultural da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (1977-2006). 2007. 374 f. Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis, 2007.