Religious Conversion
Mostrando 13-24 de 35 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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13. GÊNERO E RELAÇÕES DE PODER NO PENTECOSTALISMO: ESTUDO COMPARATIVO ENTRE A IGREJA DE CRISTO NO BRASIL E A COMUNIDADE EVANGÉLICA SARA NOSSA TERRA
Based on the empirical comparative study between two churches from Pentecostal guidance - both located in Parnamirim/RN - and supported on a dialogic interaction between my interlocutors and theoretical references, I proposed me to reflect about how this protestant segment represents and articulates questions such as gender and power relationships, and the d
Publicado em: 2009
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14. A visualização do invisível: beleza e mística em Santo Agostinho / The visualization of the invisible: beauty and mystic in Saint Augustine
In this dissertation we intend to analyse the way proposed, and developed, by Saint Augustine toward the visualization of the invisible God. That is Via Puchritudinis, the path of beauty, which is a mystic as much as an aesthetic way. The focus of this task is the aesthetic side of this journey, which becomes evident by the assertion made by Hans Urs von Bal
Publicado em: 2009
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15. O PROCESSO DE TRANSFORMAÇÃO DA IDENTIDADE A PARTIR DA CONVERSÃO A UMA NOVA DENOMINAÇÃO RELIGIOSA: um estudo dos novos conversos ao grupo religioso das Testemunhas de Jeová em Juiz de Fora
This work aims to research the identity transformation process from the moment of the conversion to the Religious Movement of Jehovah s Witnesses: a study of converts from two Congregations in Juiz de Fora. It initially approaches theoretical reflections on the postmodernity moment, the identity and the difference as well as a brief study on the religious co
Publicado em: 2008
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16. Diversificación y competencia religiosa en Guatemala: entre pentecostalismo y cultos "neotradicionales"
Guatemala is one of the Latin American countries that is most affected by the wide conversion movement of its population to Protestantism. Pentecostalism is this movement's main drive. The article points out that the extraordinary development of Pentecostalism in Guatemala is partly due to the fact that it proposes life changes, presents itself as a generato
Sociedade e Estado. Publicado em: 2008
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17. The interrupted seduction : sexuality and power in Arab-Muslim narratives on female circumcision / A sedução interrompida : sexualidade e poder em poder em narrativas arabe-muçulmanas sobre a circuncisão feminina
This study of anthropological nature regards agressive practices imposed upon the feminine body in Muslim and Arab societies, namely genital cutting operations on women performed not for therapeutic reasons but to comform to an anatomical ideal compatible with specific cultural patterns. Conceptions like modesty, promiscuity and feminine sexuality shown in t
Publicado em: 2008
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18. PODE O NOVO CRENTE VIVER UMA AUTÊNTICA CONVERSÃO CRISTÃ? REFLEXÕES SOBRE MOBILIDADE RELIGIOSA E DESAFIOS PARA EVANGELIZAÇÃO / IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE NEW BELIEVER TO EXPERIENCE AN AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN CONVERSION? REFLEXIONS ON RELIGIOUS MOBILITY AND CHALLENGES FOR THE EVANGELIZATION
Essa dissertação desenvolve uma reflexão sobre a possibilidade, ou não, do novo crente realizar uma verdadeira conversão cristã. Denominamos novo crente aqueles que transitam entre as igrejas, hoje, buscando desenvolver uma religiosidade com matizes próprios. A teologia cristã percebe que o homem pósmoderno pode encontrar-se numa situação de não-
Publicado em: 2008
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19. THE LONG WAY TO DAMASCUS: WEB OF CHANGE AND STREAM OF CHANGE IN NARRATIVES OF RELIGIOUS CONVERSION / O LONGO CAMINHO ATÉ DAMASCO: REDE DE MUDANÇA E FLUXO DE MUDANÇA EM NARRATIVAS DE CONVERSÃO RELIGIOSA
In this research the author investigates the construction of narratives of religious conversion through the use of interviews. These narratives are testimonials of the passage from a bad life condition to a better one, in which the contrast between the present and the past is especially visible. In relation to the process of change, the narrators indicate th
Publicado em: 2007
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20. Da igreja católica à igreja universal : um estudo sobre os sentidos construídos por católicos que se converteram à igreja universal do reino de Deus
This dissertation had as larger objective to apprehend the senses that were built by Catholics along its conversion process to the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD). In a specific way, it tried to investigate as the Catholic Religion it served as support to the followerses for the resolution of the discontents and of the abandonment before the convers
Publicado em: 2007
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21. Entre arabescos, luas e tâmaras:- performances islâmicas em São Paulo / Between elements of Islamic religious symbolism: islamic performances iin São Paulo (Brazil)
This thesis presents elements of Islamic religious symbolism observed among the Muslim communities of São Paulo and São Bernardo dos Campos. Research material is largely drawn from an ethnography of festivals - sacrifice and the breaking of fast - and Friday mandatory prayer. The thesis is also based upon the analysis of interviews, carried out in the pres
Publicado em: 2007
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22. Novos movimentos eclesiais, ortodoxia e emancipação: um estudo da identidade de jovens conversos / New Ecclesial Movements, Orthodoxy and Emancipation: analysis of the identity of converted youth
The objective of this research is the understanding of the building process of the identity of converted youth to catholic movements known as conservative and radical. From the content of official documents produced during the two last pontificates and the focus on expansion and on the expression of the designated New Ecclesial Movements (NMEs), it intends t
Publicado em: 2006
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23. RELIGIÃO E PSICANÁLISE: O CASO IGREJA UNIVERSAL DO REINO DE DEUS
The work is an approach of literary and some religious experiences starting from concepts of the psychoanalysis about some issues of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God s doctrine. Subject of this study is formed mainly by the books Edir Macedo wrote about theology of prosperity, points of contact and demoniac possession. Theoretical apparatus to anal
Publicado em: 2006
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24. Saude mental e religião em mulheres encarceradas : um estudo epidemiologico e de Psiquiatria cultural / Mental health and religion for incarcerated women : a epidemiological study and cultural psychiatry
Nowadays religion is an important issue for the modern society, a complex and fundamental socio-cultural phenomenon. There is evidence that religious commitment tends to correlete positively with the mental health. The religion seems to have an important role or the mental health of jailed women. It provides psychological and emotional support, bringing them
Publicado em: 2006