Towards a New Age: Alceu Amoroso Lima and the Catholic plans for Brazilian Society (1928-1945)

Author(s)

Guilherme Ramalho Arduini

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
• Defense date: 2009-02-18

Examining board members

Jefferson Cano; Michael McDonald Hall; Edilene Teresinha Toledo

• Advisor: Jefferson Cano

Abstract

This study is about a Brazilian intellectual called Alceu Amoroso Lima, also known as "Tristão do Ataíde". In 1928, he publicly adopted Catholicism, becoming one of the most important voices of the Church in Brazil throughout the following decades. In other words, he got indirectly involved in politics by becoming the semi-official delegate for political affairs and wrote several articles and books. In the late 1920s and 1930s he expressed a very conservative mindset; nevertheless especially after the II World War he gradually became a champion of freedom of speech and other civil rights. Our aim is to understand the causes of this change as well as the consequences it brought to his actions and writings on the problem of organizing the working classes according to the Catholic Social Doctrine. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 06/02363-0 - Centro D. Vital, Alceu Amoroso Lima and corporatism of the Brazilian Catholic Church (1922-1945)
• Grantee: Guilherme Ramalho Arduini
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master