Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, August, 2003. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-153)

Thesis (M. Div.)--Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-72).

Thesis (M.C.S.)--Regent College, Vancouver, BC, 2007. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-140).

Orientador(a): Maria Orlanda Pinassi / Banca: André Ricardo Souza / Banca: Eduardo Meinberg de Albuquerque Maranhão Filho / Resumo: Este estudo busca compreender como é realizado o trabalho religioso no interior da igreja neopentecostal Bola de Neve, gerando um discurso que se desenvolve com base em uma determinada reprodução ideológica, a qual se materializa e se insere na cadeia produtiva. Dessa forma, a pesquisa busca caracterizar este trabalho, identificando como esta atividade e doutrina se articulam com a vida e os valores do modo de produção capitalistas, a partir da análise do discurso da Teologia da Prosperidade / Abstract: This study seeks to understand how religious work is done within the Pentecostal church Bola de Neve (Snow Ball Church), generating a discourse that is developed based on a particular ideological reproduction, which materializes and it is included in the production chain. Thus, the research seeks to characterize this work by identifying how this activity and doctrine are linked with life and capitalist values, from the discourse analysis of the Prosperity Theology / Mestre

Magister Artium - MA / The aim of the study was to establish why the sudden emergence of numerous storefront Neo-Pentecostal churches, in the suburb of Woodstock, Cape Town, were found to be attracting large numbers of members while mainstream churches were closing down or struggling to survive. Over and above the fact that the Neo- Pentecostal churches are flourishing, the sheer number of them, was a further cause for investigation into this phenomenon. The majority of these congregations proved to have sub-Saharan ties (Nigerian in particular) and attracted membership largely of a similar background. This study looks at this phenomenon from a thorough understanding of the history of liturgy and particularly Pentecostal customs and attempts to place these churches in their social and historical context. The main thrust of this thesis, however, is an analysis of the distinctive and very prominent material features of these churches and their worship services which not only sets them apart from other Pentecostal and mainstream churches, but may offer an explanation of their popularity in this community. This study is undertaken through the close analysis of the worship services of seven Neo-Pentecostal churches in Woodstock and application of Ninian Smart's dimensions of religious practice, with specific reference to what he calls the Material Dimension. At least one worship service in each congregation was recorded on video and great sensitivity was exercised here in the physical recordings and in obtaining the written consent of the leaders of these respective congregations to use the data obtained.

Preface: An attempt is made in this thesis to document the history of Pentecostalism among Indians in South Africa and to study and evaluate its religious character and main theological tenets. Obviously the peculiar socio-political situation of the Indians in South Africa has influenced the character of Indian Pentecostalism, which has in turn been able to address itself to the critical, cultural and religious disjunctions within this community. Hence an investigation of the dynamic tensions that obtain between crises in the Indian community and Pentecostalism will not only clarify the course of its history but will also explain its theological emphases. However, several studies on Pentecostalism in other communities have concentrated on the sociological dimension almost exclusively and many have even concluded that Pentecostalism is the spontaneous result of psychosocial; economic or cultural upheavals . This kind of reductionism has been largely the result of the uncritical use of 'functional-type' theories postulated by sociologists of religion. Indian Pentecostalism, while it has to be examined within the complex context of the South African community, cannot as we shall show, be adequately explained by any of the prevailing 'functional-type' theories because these theories reduce religion to a sociological function. Since the functional theory has the effect of limiting the perspective on religion to such an extent that the basis of religion, that is, the relation between the individual and faith, is either belittled or ignored, it has been jettisoned in this thesis for an approach free of any deliberately formulated 'theoretical framework'. However, it is necessary to critically examine some of the more popular 'functional-type' theories and the way they have been applied to the study of the Pentecostal movement here and elsewhere, so that by exposing the shortcomings of their application and the contradictions inherent in their assumptions, the approach adopted in this thesis could be clarified.

Submitted by Suelen Reis (suziy.ellen@gmail.com) on 2013-04-22T16:03:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Igor Silvaseg.pdf: 2840111 bytes, checksum: 884aae784e8a750e087392368333009d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Meirelles(rodrigomei@ufba.br) on 2013-05-24T11:38:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Igor Silvaseg.pdf: 2840111 bytes, checksum: 884aae784e8a750e087392368333009d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-24T11:38:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Igor Silvaseg.pdf: 2840111 bytes, checksum: 884aae784e8a750e087392368333009d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / A presente dissertação analisa a atuação política da Assembléia de Deus de Feira de Santana, instalada em 1938. O contato com a sociedade feirense ocorreu através da política assistencialista. As atividades beneficentes proporcionaram uma interferência da Assembléia de Deus nas questões sociais e foi importante por aproximá-la das lideranças políticas municipais e estaduais. Foi, portanto, inevitável a relação de favorecimento dos políticos às obras sociais e espirituais da Assembléia de Deus de Feira de Santana em troca de voto. Conscientes de sua força eleitoral e de sua representatividade, a participação na política partidária se efetivou com a eleição de candidatos próprios entre 1972 e 1990. A investigação das relações entre religião e política compreende um período rico do contexto nacional, isto é, da ditadura militar ao processo de abertura democrática. / Salvador

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / O esforÃo que empreendi neste trabalho teve como objetivo geral analisar a presenÃa religiosa pentecostal no interior de uma instituiÃÃo carcerÃria. Seu intento foi pensar como se dà o encontro entre as prÃticas religiosas pentecostais e o cotidiano na prisÃo a partir do ponto de vista dos internos que sÃo religiosos e dos internos que nÃo sÃo religiosos. TambÃm buscou compreender quais as consequÃncias que esse encontro provoca em termos de mudanÃa de conduta e de construÃÃo de uma nova realidade prisional. O campo de experiÃncias escolhido para guiar tal discussÃo foi a Casa de PrivaÃÃo ProvisÃria de Liberdade Professor Clodoaldo Pinto (CPPL II), mais especificamente, a VivÃncia A, conhecida tambÃm como Rua A ou âa Rua dos irmÃosâ. Nela âos irmÃos da obraâ desenvolvem as atividades do Projeto Renascer. A CPPL II à apresentada por meio de uma descriÃÃo atenta do espaÃo fÃsico e das maneiras de fazer cotidianas dos cativos. AlÃm disso, as teias de relaÃÃes tecidas entre os presos que constituem âa obraâ e os encarcerados que estÃo na Rua A à analisada de forma minuciosa. Por fim, demonstro como os presos da CPPL II demarcam suas regras de proceder a partir da categoria nativa âvaciloâ e classificam o sujeito que âvacilaâ (ou seja, que infringe as regras) como âvacilÃoâ . Cada um dos âvacilosâ à associado a possÃveis sanÃÃes, que se compÃe, basicamente, em âvacilo de morteâ e âvacilo de 1000Ââ. A especificidade da Rua A, em relaÃÃo Ãs prisÃes e ao restante das Ruas da CPPL II, està na aÃÃo dos presos do Projeto Renascer como mediadores de conflitos. / The effort undertaken in this work had as main objective to analyze the Pentecostal religious presence within a prison institution. Its intent was to think how is an encounter between Pentecostal religious practices and daily life in prison from the point of view of the inmates who are religious and inmates who are not religious. We also sought to understand what consequences this meeting causes in terms of behavioral change and building a new prison reality. The field experiments chosen to guide this discussion was the Casa de PrivaÃÃo ProvisÃria de Liberdade Professor Clodoaldo Pinto (CPPL II), more specifically, the Experience A, also known as The A Street or "The Street of brothers." There "the brothers of the work" develop activities of Projeto Renascer. The CPPL II is presented through a careful description of the physical space and everyday ways-to-do of the inmates. In addition, the webs of relationships woven between the prisoners who makes part of "the work" and who are incarcerated in The A Street is analyzed in detail. Finally, I demonstrate how the prisoners of CPPL II demarcate its rules of proceeding from the native category "vacilo" and classify the subject that "vacila" (ie, who violates the rules) as "vacilÃo". Each of the "vacilos" is associated with possible sanctions, which consists basically of "vacilo de morte" and "vacilo de 1000Â". The specificity of the A Street, related to the prisons and the rest of the Streets of CPPL II, is in the action of the inmates of the Projeto Renascer as conflict mediators.

Neopentecostalism is currently one of the most expressive religious phenomena in Brazil. According to the Brazilian Census Institute's database (IBGE), Neopentecostals represent the fastest growing movement among Protestants in the country. Brazilian Neopentecostalism has some unique aspects that distinguish its member churches from the mainline denominations. Since its birth, the most significant difference has been its commitment to Prosperity Theology. Lately, however, a new constituency has developed within Neopentecostalism: the Brazilian Apostolic Movement. Like other Neopentecostal churches, they have the Prosperity Gospel as their theological grounding. On the other hand, however, they differ from other Neopentecostal churches by having an apostle as their leader. The aim of this work is to investigate the Brazilian Apostolic Movement in order to comprehend its culture and identity. The study will demonstrate that, believing that Christians should be healthy and wealthy, Brazilian Apostolic Movement leaders speak and preach in a way that resembles what psychoanalysis calls narcissism. Consciously or not, the movement risks contributing to the establishment of a Christian narcissistic culture – similar to the concept of cultural narcissism, developed by Christopher Lasch. That being the case, the study explores how Christian theology might respond to this reality. Is it possible for a Christian community to have narcissistic patterns as a key element of its identity? To respond to that question, I draw from the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. His book, The Cost of Discipleship, focuses particularly on Christian life and ethics, and approaches these issues by through the lens of an intense reflection on what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ – both as an individual and as part of a community. Drawing from Bonhoeffer's work, I suggest three concepts as a significant theological response and challenge to the narcissistic aspects identified in the BAM churches I studied: Cheap grace, theology of the cross, and uncertainty of life.

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