Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2017-09-11T16:44:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Clara Ramos Nery_.pdf: 1715693 bytes, checksum: 977bf15d4e683bcdeaa5d3060ecc3bbb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-11T16:44:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Clara Ramos Nery_.pdf: 1715693 bytes, checksum: 977bf15d4e683bcdeaa5d3060ecc3bbb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-31 / Nenhuma / Esta tese apresenta essencialmente a busca de estabelecer o diálogo no âmbito da Sociologia da Religião, entre o moderno e o pós-moderno, a partir de estudos do Espiritismo kardecista na França e no Brasil e do neopentecostalismo, representado pela Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus. Assim, temos como primeira temática a relação entre sociedade e religião, abordando os autores clássicos da Sociologia e os fenômenos religiosos contemporâneos à luz dos clássicos, objetivando demonstrar a atualidade desses autores para a compreensão da relação de interdependência existente entre religião e sociedade e a permanência de suas contribuições para a análise do religioso na contemporaneidade. Depois temos a abordagem da relação religião e traços característicos típicos da modernidade e da pós-modernidade, procurando clarificar a questão: Podemos falar em religião moderna e pós-moderna? Questão essa que se faz importante, na medida em que os fenômenos religiosos não são refratários aos espíritos de época ou o espírito do tempo, pois trabalhamos modernidade e pós-modernidade como eventos que caracterizam a nossa historicidade. Faz-se uma análise do Espiritismo kardecista, primeiramente na França, demonstrando suas influências históricas que se constituíram enquanto força motriz de seu desenvolvimento, sucesso e também declínio no contexto da sociedade francesa. Segue-se com análise do Espiritismo kardecista no contexto da sociedade brasileira e as especificidades que possui em nossa realidade, que o diferenciam de sua matriz francesa, pois o Espiritismo kardecista, em terras brasileiras, assume uma configuração mais alicerçada em pressupostos tradicionais do Catolicismo. Finalmente, aborda-se a temática neopentecostalismo: entre o pré-moderno, o moderno e o pós-moderno? Objetiva-se relacionar o neopentecostalismo com os traços característicos típicos da pós-modernidade e seus determinantes, representado pela Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, pois esta constitui-se no contexto do campo religioso brasileiro como um autêntico divisor de águas, pelo número crescente de seus adeptos e também por sua forte expansão em termos territoriais, bem como através de sua inserção que se encontra relacionada com os meios de comunicação de massa. Apresenta elementos que se distinguem das demais expressões de religiosidade constantes em nossa sociedade, pois possui uma forma toda característica de professar a fé cristã. Insere-se no contexto do mercado de bens materiais e simbólicos, característica essa que deve ser considerada enquanto primeva, em termos de uma abordagem do pós-moderno no contexto do universo de representações simbólico-religiosas. A presente tese constitui-se numa tentativa de dar um novo enfoque na relação entre religião e traços característicos típicos da modernidade e pós-modernidade, sem que se encontre presa por um único caminho, mas mostrar uma abordagem diferente das opções presentes no âmbito da Sociologia das Religiões. / This thesis presents essentially the search to establish dialogue within the sociology of religion, between the modern and postmodern from the Kardecism studied in France and Brazil and neo-Pentecostalism, represented by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Thus we have as the first theme the relationship between society and religion, covering the classical authors of sociology and religious phenomena in the light of contemporary classics, aiming to demonstrate the relevance of these authors to understand the interdependent relationship between religion and society and the permanence of their contributions to the analysis of religion in contemporaneity. After, we have the approach of the relationship between religion and typical traits of modernity and post-modernity, seeking to clarify the question: can, we talk in modern and postmodern religion? It’s a question which is important as for as religious phenomena are not refractory to the spirits of the spirit of the season or time, for we work modernity and post-modernity as events that characterize our historicity. It is an analysis of Kardecism, first in France, demonstrating its historical influences that have formed as the driving force of development, success and decline in the context of French society. This is followed by analysis of Kardecism in the context of Brazilian society and the particular features in our reality, that differentiate it from its French headquarters, as Kardecism in Brazil assumes a traditional configuraction more assumptions rooted on of Catholicism. Finally, addresses the thematic Neo-Pentecostalism: between pre-modern, modern and postmodern? The aim is to relate the characteristic features typical of post-modernity and its determinants, represented by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, because this constitutes the contexts of the Brazilian religious field as a true watershed, the increasing number of its fans and also for its strong expansion in terms of territory, as well as through insertion which is related with the means of mass communication. It has elements which are distinguished from other constant expressions of religiosity in our society, because every feature has a way to profess the Christian faith. It inserts in the context of the market of material and symbolic, a characteristic that should be regarded as primal in terms of a postmodern approach in the context of the universe and religious-symbolic representations. This thesis constitutes an attempt to give a new focus on the relationship between traits typical of modernity and post-modernity, without being imprisoned by a single direction, but shows a different approach from the options present within the Sociology of Religions.

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