Universal Church and democracy in Brazil: an approach about the transformations of contemporary political phenomenon

• Grant number: 09/06895-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2009
• End date: March 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science
• Principal Investigator: Milton Lahuerta
• Grantee: Gabriel Henrique Burnatelli de Antonio
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The proposed research presented herein is based on the purpose of discussing, in a post-redemocratization institutional and reopening of political participation of civil society, the recruitment of political and religious leaders and conformation of the basic religious / election of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, within a context riddled with dialogue with the foundations of social thought in Brazil and its reverberations in the political and social theory produced in recent years to search from a large and heterogeneous group of researchers, evolve the rule of objectivity and methodological rigor of modern epistemology of Social Science to recognize the valuable contribution of social thought as a key element in understanding the intricate relationship between the delay and the formation of modern political culture in Brazil.