Sources for the study of neo-Pentecostalism in Brazil: the case of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

• Autor(a) principal: PROENÇA, Wander de Lara
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Patrimônio e Memória
• Texto Completo: http://pem.assis.unesp.br/index.php/pem/article/view/92
• topic: Neopentecostalism; Cultural History; Rites; Neopentecostalismo; História Cultural; Ritos

Neopentecostalism has been defined as a religious movement, which was denominationally termed in the 70s in Brazil and from the Classical Pentecostalism in the USA in the beginning of 20th century. For this research some main sources were assumed, such as neopentecostal literature, speeches from members and leaders, personal observations and TV and radio programmes. Methodologies and theories are based on the New Cultural History parameters, particularly the concepts of appropriation, cultural circulation, habitus, imaginary and long duration. This had happened because biblical reading has an important role about these actions in the Neopentecostalism in order to establish the collective behavior and configure a fertile cultural past. There is a cultural substrate from African beliefs and popular Catholicism religiosity because the magic of rites and symbolism, hence that is a re-significance syncretism from some Evangelical Traditions elements.