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| Author(s): |
Flávio Munhoz Sofiati
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2009-12-11 |
| Examining board members: |
Lisias Nogueira Negrao;
Marion Aubree;
Maria Helena Oliva Augusto;
Brenda Maribel Carranza Davila;
Jose Reginaldo Prandi
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| Advisor: | Lisias Nogueira Negrao |
| Abstract | |
The scope of this doctoral study is the relationship between Catholic Pentecostalism with its youth base, in particular the analysis of the general aspects of the charismatic youth for purposes of: identifying the means utilized by the Catholic Charismatic Renovation to attract followers and understanding how assimilation of religious education developed in the movement is carried out. This work emphasizes sociological and historical aspects of charismatic followers by focusing on the youth group \"Today I will No Longer Sin\" within the subgroups Life and Alliance Community New Chants (Canção Nova). In this manner, the problem addressed herein is related to the process of attraction-formation developed by this Catholic movement. Therefore, this study attempts to answer three questions: How does the Catholic Charismatic Renovation see the difficulties faced by the youth as a result of the lack of perspective in society today? How does the religious experience address these difficulties? What are the changes created by this movement in the life of its youth base? The Weberian concept of religion is employed in this study, in which elements of the Gramscian analysis are utilized to assist in broadening the scope of the questions herein. In this manner, religions can be associated to historical movements, thereby inserting them within the global society. One of the main conclusions reached is that the evangelization of the youth is based on a welldefined trajectory; this very youths participation in the movement, however, is temporary in nature due to disputes within religious and erotic spheres that drive most of them away from the churches. (AU) | |