Primórdios da doutrina pentecostal na imprensa: representações de fé e de práticas nos jornais da Assembleia de Deus (1919-1933)

Abstract

This research addresses the beginnings of Pentecostal doctrine in the newspapers of the Assembly of God in a time frame from 1919 to 1933. The newspapers Boa Semente [Good Seed] (1919-1930), O Som Alegre [The Happy sound] (1929-1930) and the Mensageiro da Paz [Messenger of Peace] (1930-1933 ), characterize what we call in research Assembly Press. These newspapers are the primary sources of research and represent a fundamental part of the formation of the Pentecostal faith in Brazil. The assembly press is not only a source, but an object of research. We aim to understand the Pentecostal doctrine in its formation berth and the representations of the Pentecostal faith and practices perceived in the newspapers and which are configured in religious, theological and phenomenological praxis in the history of Brazilian evangelicalism. We declare the method of documentary research with the use of featured newspapers, involving the study of the materiality, content and creators of the newspapers. The concept of representation permeates the entire universe of research, as it recovers and gives meaning to a presentification and reality of the past. The research was structured in five chapters that permitted the discussion and analysis of the themes outlined by its objectives: the methodological path, characterization and contextualization of the assembly press, especially Boa Semente; the experience as a mark of faith and the diffusion of the Pentecostal doctrine from the newspapers; the representations of the Assembly press in contact with the country's socio-religious situation and its relationship with the other evangelical groups of its time; the implicit and explicit representations in newspapers: production of the speeches and meanings represented in the assembly press, the institutionalization of the Church and power relations; and, finally, the representations of power in the assembly press: the relationship between faith and power: Berg-Pethrus-Nyrtrom-Vingren-Frida. This research demonstrated the possibility of reconstituting a set of representations about Pentecostal doctrine through the newspapers, which was not produced without specific intention, but is related to ecclesiastical politics and power, especially through the exercise of faith and practice of the Pentecostal members.