Pastoral care: a research on conjugalities, moralities and new families in inclusive evangelical churches in Brazil

• Grant number: 15/24779-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2016
• End date: December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology - Urban Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Tavares Natividade
• Grantee: Ana Rosa Thisoteine Caldeira Menezes Freitas
• Host Institution: Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/02497-5 - Religion, law and secularism: a new civic repertoire in Contemporary Brazil, AP.TEM

Abstract

The research investigates the connections between religious practices and political agendas of sexual rights, including gay marriage, civil unions and gay and lesbian families. The aim is to examine pedagogies of sex and marital life in gay and lesbian congregations in Brazil. The project investigates political activism and religious rituals, trying to understand the marital and parenting experiences lived by gay men and lesbians, and transgender people. The proposal is justified because of recurrent public testimony wedding, civil union pacts, reproduction and adoption of children by same-sex couples in the gay and lesbian congregations.