Banal religiosity: Brazilian athletes as new missionaries of the neo-Pentecostal diaspora

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Autor(a) principal: Rial,Carmen
Data de Publicação: 2012
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Vibrant
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-43412012000200005
Resumo: This article is about the relationship between football and religion. It focuses on the recent proliferation of neo-Pentecostalism among Brazilian football players living abroad and the importance of religion in their daily lives. Serving as a civilizing device that promotes better insertion of individuals in modern institutions, neo-Pentecostalism promotes voluntary obedience, self-control, self-awareness and reflexivity, by encouraging the conscious and constant monitoring of the individual over the body and emotions. This self-discipline has a limit, and the Theology of Prosperity offers conciliation between asceticism and material consumption. Football provides religion a large stage for its preaching, allowing it to reach billions of homes. The athletes become "selfless soldiers of the Word," who demonstrate the faith globally and disseminate banal religion through the mediascape.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Banal religiosity: Brazilian athletes as new missionaries of the neo-Pentecostal diaspora
title Banal religiosity: Brazilian athletes as new missionaries of the neo-Pentecostal diaspora
spellingShingle Banal religiosity: Brazilian athletes as new missionaries of the neo-Pentecostal diaspora
Rial,Carmen
Football
Religion
neo-Pentecostalism
Football Players
Banal Religion
Emigration
title_short Banal religiosity: Brazilian athletes as new missionaries of the neo-Pentecostal diaspora
title_full Banal religiosity: Brazilian athletes as new missionaries of the neo-Pentecostal diaspora
title_fullStr Banal religiosity: Brazilian athletes as new missionaries of the neo-Pentecostal diaspora
title_full_unstemmed Banal religiosity: Brazilian athletes as new missionaries of the neo-Pentecostal diaspora
title_sort Banal religiosity: Brazilian athletes as new missionaries of the neo-Pentecostal diaspora
author Rial,Carmen
author_facet Rial,Carmen
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rial,Carmen
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Football
Religion
neo-Pentecostalism
Football Players
Banal Religion
Emigration
topic Football
Religion
neo-Pentecostalism
Football Players
Banal Religion
Emigration
description This article is about the relationship between football and religion. It focuses on the recent proliferation of neo-Pentecostalism among Brazilian football players living abroad and the importance of religion in their daily lives. Serving as a civilizing device that promotes better insertion of individuals in modern institutions, neo-Pentecostalism promotes voluntary obedience, self-control, self-awareness and reflexivity, by encouraging the conscious and constant monitoring of the individual over the body and emotions. This self-discipline has a limit, and the Theology of Prosperity offers conciliation between asceticism and material consumption. Football provides religion a large stage for its preaching, allowing it to reach billions of homes. The athletes become "selfless soldiers of the Word," who demonstrate the faith globally and disseminate banal religion through the mediascape.
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