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Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 472-478).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 472-478).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 472-478).

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:48:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Simone Espin de Oliveira Lucena.pdf: 3085002 bytes, checksum: 762d22e7f9825f36a1ed2652d35a1878 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-11 / Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie / The present work is part of a much wider project, which theme is the relation between ethny and religion in Brazil. The so called Christian Reformed Church in Brazil, object of this study, is mostly composed by Hungarians and shows to be the holder of a religious and socio-cultural preservation of the Hungarians reformed ones. The Hungarians who came to Brazil, were from some dismembered territories, as a consequence of the center-European-politic transformation, the economy desorganization and the revolutions, which were not in favor of the Hungarians in that area. We can obseve that this immigration, which used to be temporary, became definitive. When we take into consideration the importance of the Reformed Christian Church in Brazil and the high number if these immigrants, we can understand that it changes to a universal ethnicized religion, in other words, it uses religion to preserve their culture, their background. The religious elements start to compose the ethnic identity of the group. After 75 years of being organized, the Reformed Christian Church in Brazil faces, for many reasons, problems to keep its original characteristics. / A presente dissertação é parte de um projeto de maior abrangência, cujo tema é a relação entre Etnia e Religião no Brasil. A chamada Igreja Cristã Reformada do Brasil, objeto deste estudo, é composta na sua maioria por húngaros, e demonstra ser detentora da preservação religiosa e sócio-cultural dos reformados húngaros. Os húngaros emigrados para o Brasil provinham de territórios desmembrados, sendo a transformação política centro-européia, a desorganização da economia e as revoluções, desfavoráveis aos húngaros daqueles territórios, fatores estes que motivaram a emigração. Observamos que a imigração antes provisória, torna-se definitiva. Considerando a importância da Igreja Cristã Reformada do Brasil na aglutinação desses imigrantes, entendemos que ela se transforma numa religião universal etnicizada, isto é, utiliza a religião para manter a cultura, os elementos religiosos passam a compor o discurso da identidade étnica do grupo. Com 75 anos de organização, a Igreja Cristã Reformada do Brasil enfrenta, por diversos motivos, dificuldade em manter suas características de origem.