[pt] Nas últimas décadas o Brasil tem apresentado características de uma modificação na estrutura da religiosidade, com as religiões tradicionais perdendo adeptos para religiões ascendentes. Atualmente, este movimento de transição se mostra mais evidente com a perda de fies do catolicismo e o ganho de fies pela Assembleia de Deus. O fenômeno, todavia, se destaca em âmbitos além do religioso, se espraiando por vias da política institucional, através do processo eleitoral. Esta atuação na via política é tida pela mídia e por parte da sociedade como um risco à democracia e à diversidade social. Portanto, através da análise da do processo eleitoral, da territorialidade da ação política, e das ações parlamentares esta pesquisa se propôs a identificar os fundamentos do temor. A análise consistiu em verificar a atuação de dois vereadores, na décima legislatura da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, ligados à duas fragmentações da Assembleia de Deus tradicional. São eles, Eliseu Kessler, ligado à Assembleia de Deus Ministério Madureira e Alexandre Isquierdo, ligado à Assembleia de Deus Vitória em Cristo. Para investigamos os fundamentos e potencialidades da questão foram analisados os locais de votação e confluências entre a espacialidade das igrejas afim de verificar se a eleição dos representantes foi ou não um investimento institucional; além de leis e projetos de leis de autoria dos parlamentares, afim de verificar possíveis perdas aos valores democráticos a partir destas gestões. / [en] In recent decades, Brazil has shown characteristics of a change in the structure of religiosity, with traditional religions losing adherents to ascendant religions. Currently, this transitional movement is more evident with the loss of faith in Catholicism and the gain of faith in the Assembly of God. The phenomenon, however, stands out in areas beyond the religious, spreading through institutional politics, through the electoral process. This action in the political way is seen by the media and by society as a risk to democracy and social diversity. Therefore, through the analysis of the electoral process, through the territoriality of political action, and parliamentary actions, this research aimed to identify the foundations of fear. The analysis consisted of verifying the performance of two councilors, in the 10th legislature of the city of Rio de Janeiro, linked to two fragmentations of the traditional Assembly of God. They are Eliseu Kessler, linked to the Assembly of God Ministry Madureira and Alexandre Isquierdo, linked to the Vitória em Cristo Assembly of God. To investigate the fundamentals and potential of the issue, the polling places and confluences between the spatiality of the churches were analyzed in order to verify whether the election of representatives was an institutional investment or not; in addition to laws and bills authored by parliamentarians, in order to verify possible losses to democratic values from these administrations.

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Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / The HIV/AIDS crisis in South Africa has reached pandemic levels, with over 1 000 deaths per day. The church in South Africa represents a largely untapped resource for addressing this problem. One of the largest Evangelical church groups in South Africa is the Assemblies of God (AOG/SA). This church group consists of three culturally distinct fraternals: The Group (white), The Association (coloured), and The Movement (black). Although they function under one executive committee, these fraternals have remained organizationally distinct even after the dismantling of apartheid laws in 1991. On the issue of HIV/AIDS, all three fraternals have remained largely quiet and uninvolved. They have made no attempt to strategize on a unified response to the pandemic, nor have they attempted to promote culturally relevant curricula capable of empowering their pastors and theological students to respond effectively to this crisis. The research consisted of two phases, following Rothman and Thomas's Intervention Research model (1994), with special emphasis on the design and development component. The first phase identified and assessed educational, cultural, and religious factors relevant to the development and delivery of a clergy-focused multicultural curriculum intervention addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa. Data-gathering strategy for the first phase consisted of semi-structured interviews with ethnographic notions. The target groups for the first phase of the research included 15 credentialed AOG/SA pastors and the three fraternal leaders. The leaders and fraternal members participated in semistructured interviews designed to establish cultural and religious points of divergence pertaining to topics surrounding the AIDS pandemic (e.g. sickness, death, sexuality and gender roles). The second phase of the research consisted of the development and delivery of a curriculum intervention. Integrating the cultural and religious factors identified in the first phase of the research, the nine-day curriculum intervention was presented to 34 tertiary-level theological students in two culturally distinct venues. The content of the curriculum primarily emphasized aspects of gender, tradition, and culture as they relate to HIV/AIDS and surrounding issues. The intervention utilized three curriculum theories that were deemed relevant to the educational context of South Africa: humanistic curriculum theory, social reconstructionist curriculum theory and dialogue curriculum theory. Data-gathering strategies for the second phase of the research utilized both quantitative and qualitative instruments with ethnographic notions. The quantitative instruments included the Scale of Basic HIV/AIDS Knowledge (SHAK), Personal Reflections of Men with HIV/AIDS (PRM) and Personal Reflections of Women with HIV/AIDS (PRW). Reflective journaling was used to acquire qualitative data from student participants. Scores significantly improved on the SHAK in both venues. Scores on the PRW improved in both venues, significantly so in one. Unexpectedly, scores on the PRM declined at both venues, although not significantly so. Males with HIV/AIDS were viewed more negatively by both genders at the end of the intervention in both venues. Reflective journal entries indicated that students at both venues clearly perceived a need for the church to be involved in the pandemic; many proposed that sex education should be taking place within the context of church youth ministry. Affective responses were markedly positive for those suffering with AIDS, particularly females. The data clearly indicated that the curriculum was effective in two culturally distinct venues.

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-02-01T13:17:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Moab César Carvalho Costa_.pdf: 31892309 bytes, checksum: 76f6617db46c0ab74488c5adb0c963e2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-01T13:17:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Moab César Carvalho Costa_.pdf: 31892309 bytes, checksum: 76f6617db46c0ab74488c5adb0c963e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-17 / UEMA – Universidade Estadual do Maranhão / Esta pesquisa se propõe a estudar o movimento pentecostal brasileiro por meio de uma de suas maiores instituições, as Igrejas Evangélicas Assembleias de Deus – ADs. Com uma abordagem ancorada nos diálogos interdisciplinares com as Ciências Sociais, recomendados pela Nova História Cultura, analisam-se as mudanças na identidade assembleiana clássica, no processo de acomodação à sociedade de consumidores, fato que denominamos de o aggiornamento do pentecostalismo assembleiano. Fundadas pelos Missionários suecos Daniel Berg e Gunnar Vingren em 1911, as ADs deram início ao movimento pentecostal, junto com a Congregação Cristã do Brasil – CCB. Cem anos após sua fundação encontram-se presentes em quase todos os municípios brasileiros e, segundo o censo do IBGE, já contabilizam mais de 12 milhões de adeptos. Embora a temporalidade da pesquisa esteja circunscrita ao período de 1980 a 2010, foi realizada uma análise histórica, que remonta ao século XIX, em busca de suas influências originárias. Um dos eixos que norteou a pesquisa foi a concepção de que as instituições religiosas representantes do cristianismo sempre refletiram a sociedade de sua época. Com base nessa premissa, foi possível perceber que as ADs se ajustaram às características da sociedade brasileira em cada fase de sua história: foram ascéticas e sectárias quando a sociedade era rural e muito pobre; propagaram um autoritarismo patriarcal exacerbado quando as mulheres não podiam votar e não tinham seus direitos garantidos em lei; não se envolviam com a política partidária e não se manifestavam publicamente repudiando as injustiças sociais; seu discurso e padrão teológico primavam por uma vida de austeridade comportamental e espera resignada do retorno apocalíptico de Jesus Cristo. Diante de uma realidade socioeconômica e cultural em constante transformação, sob forte influência do capitalismo de consumo e, para fazer frente à concorrência no campo religioso, principalmente após a chegada das igrejas neopentecostais, a instituição implementou mudanças significativas, o que acelerou o processo de transformação de ethos. Categorias como consumo, identidade, relativismo, secularização, pluralismo, liberdade religiosa, representações, estratégias e táticas, tempo presente, entre outras, apoiaram a construção do objeto da pesquisa. Os estudos estão focados na Convenção Geral das Assembleias de Deus no Brasil – CGADB e nas ADs da cidade de Imperatriz-MA. / The present work intends to study the Brazilian Pentecostal movement through one of its major institutions, the Igrejas Evangélicas Assembleias de Deus (Assemblies of God Evangelical Churches) - AGs. With an approach anchored in the interdisciplinary dialogues with the Social Sciences, recommended by the New Cultural History, we analyze the changes in the identity of the classical assembly, in the process of accommodation to the society of consumers, a fact that we call the aggiornamento of the assemblian Pentecostalism. Founded by the Swedish Missionaries Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vingren in 1911, the AGs started the Pentecostal movement in partnership with the Christian Congregation of Brazil (CCB). One hundred years after its founding, they are found in most of the Brazilian municipalities and, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) census, they already have over 12 million followers. Although the temporality of the survey is limited to the period from 1980 to 2010, a historical analysis was carried out, dating back to the 19th century, in search of its original influences. One of the axes that guided the research was the idea that religious institutions representing Christianity always reflected the society of its time. Based on this premise, it was possible to perceive that the AGs conformed to the characteristics of Brazilian society in each phase of its history: they were ascetic and sectarian when the society was rural and very poor; propagated an exacerbated patriarchal authoritarianism when women could not vote and did not have their rights guaranteed by law; they were not involved in political parties and did not manifest themselves publicly repudiating social injustices; his discourse and theological standard prevailed for a life of behavioral austerity and resigned waiting for the apocalyptic return of Jesus Christ. Faced with a socioeconomic and cultural reality in constant transformation, under the influence of consumer capitalism and, in order to face competition in the religious field, especially after the arrival of neo-Pentecostal churches, the institution implemented significant changes, which accelerated the process of transformation of ethos. Categories such as consumption, identity, relativism, secularization, pluralism, religious freedom, representations, strategies and tactics, present time, among others, supported the construction of the research object. The studies are focused on the General Convention of Assemblies of God in Brazil - CGADB and the AGs of the city of Imperatriz, Brazil.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marina Aparecida Oliveira dos Santos Correa.pdf: 4260079 bytes, checksum: cc45e9081156732aab37e367a0d47824 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-14 / This actual study investigates the logic about Pentecostal Assemblies of God churches (IPAD). The theological denomination "Ministries" tells about the organization of these denominations and arrange on their dynamic, ramification process of the church and as their divergences and strategy of domination. Starting from the investigations of historical documents and studies of empirical data - primary sources - and the studies about origins and foundation of IPAD, this current research exposes the mythic origins, the history about this denomination, discourse and analysis its logic of operation. The ADs ministries follow theirs objective profiles in certain moments or situations, not necessarily according with the pre-established or situations, keep these traditional patterns in others questions and enlarge his continuity of works by consentment, or by "fraternal ties" between the ministries and the churches. The typologies about power written by Max Weber, the field concept written by Pierre Bourdieu, ideological concepts and hegemony offers a theoric arsenal to this analysis, about speech and "ministerial" practice of ADs churches / O presente estudo investiga a lógica dos Ministérios das Igrejas Pentecostais Assembleias de Deus (IPAD). A denominação teológica Ministérios expressa a organização da denominação e acomoda em sua dinâmica, processos de ramificação da igreja bem como suas divergência e estratégias de dominação. Partindo das investigações de documentos históricos e levantamentos de dados empíricos fontes primárias e de estudos sobre a origem e fundação da IPAD, a presente pesquisa expõe as origens míticas, a história dessa denominação e discorre e analisa a sua lógica de funcionamento. Os Ministérios das ADs seguem os seus perfis objetivados em determinados momentos ou situações, não necessariamente em acordo com as regras préestabelecidas, conservam esses padrões tradicionais em outras questões ampliam sua continuidade de trabalhos por meio de consenso, ou, pelos laços fraternos entre os Ministérios e igrejas. As tipologias de poder de Max Weber, o conceito de campo de Pierre Bourdieu e os conceitos de ideologia e hegemonia oferecem o arsenal teórico para a análise, do discurso e da prática ministerial das Igrejas ADs

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 2000. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 272-277, 309-322).

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The research study focuses on the prejudices women encounter in both the church and society concerning the recognition of their leadership potential. Women’s leadership is largely defined by men in their cultural context. The church also imposes expectations on traditional African churchwomen, which seem contradictory to what the Word of God teaches. This condition is ironically supported by men who do not necessarily go to church because of their cultural convictions. Thus, the dissertation argues extensively that this untenable situation needs to be challenged. The study interacts with Biblical texts that are often subjected to erroneous interpretation drawn in support of oppressive cultural practises and used to militate against women leadership. The approach is not entirely subjective as it considers the perspectives of some renowned African theological writers, readers as well as women role models in exploring the extent of women’s burgeoning in leadership positions in the Assemblies of God (AoG) church in the O R Tambo district Eastern Cape, South Africa. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Theological Ethics)

[pt] A tese discute a relação entre as dimensões cúltica e sociopolítica da fé cristã, expressas no itinerário histórico das Assembleias de Deus no Brasil, à luz do enfrentamento do dualismo antropológico, em vista de sua necessária superação. O trabalho de pesquisa empreendeu uma releitura teológica das formas com que a denominação em foco desenvolveu suas expressões de fé no campo religioso brasileiro. A pesquisa também avaliou a participação dessa Igreja na esfera pública, identificando, nesse contexto, uma instrumentalização tanto do culto quanto da política. Assim, tal instrumentalização satisfaz algumas lógicas que carregam a marca do dualismo. Portanto, nossa investigação apresenta uma proposta de articulação integrada entre as dimensões descritas, compreendendo o processo de superação do dualismo como discernimento e consequência prática da ação do Espírito Santo na Igreja. Nesse sentido, delineia-se o caminho teológico para uma experiência pentecostal integrada. / [en] The thesis discusses the relationship between the cultic and the sociopolitical dimensions of the Christian faith, expressed in the historical itinerary of the Assemblies of God in Brazil, in the light of the confrontation of anthropological dualism, in view of its necessary overcoming. The research work undertook a theological rereading of the ways in which the denomination in focus developed expressions of Christian faith in the Brazilian religious field. The research also evaluated this specific Church s participation in the public sphere. We identified in this context an instrumentalization of both worship and politics. Thus, such instrumentalization satisfies some of the logics that carry the mark of dualism. Therefore, our research presents a proposal for an integrated articulation between the described dimensions, including the process of overcoming dualism as a discernment and practical consequence of the action of the Holy Spirit in the Church. In this sense, the theological path to an integrated Pentecostal experience is delineated.