The pastor of souls : José Silvério Horta and the cultural construction of an exemplary priest (1859-1933)

• Grant number: 12/09061-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2012
• End date: November 14, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Eliane Moura Silva
• Grantee: Tiago Pires
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/00510-1 - Request project Bolsa de Estágio de Pesquisa no Exterior (BEPE), BE.EP.MS

Abstract

This research consists in the interpretation of the religious practices of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Archdiocese of Mariana linked to the spirituality of the Good Shepherd and the representation of the priest as a shepherd of souls. This study was conducted by analyzing the ecclesiastical trajectory of the Monsignor José Silvério Horta (1859-1933) that, through his performances and narratives, was built as an exemplary model of shepherd of souls in Minas Gerais. In his (auto) biographical writings, central documentation of our research, Monsignor Horta outlined a religious profile of the strengthening of the institution and incorporating the socio-cultural demands of the population. To execute our analysis, we rely on an approach of the cultural history of religions, which aims to understand the religious practices within a society through its representations, mediations and appropriations.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PIRES, Tiago. The pastor of souls: José Silvério Horta and the cultural construction of an exemplary priest (1859-1933). 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.