Espiritualidade na Comunidde Ribeirinha do Rio Roosevelt- Colniza/MT: o sonho da riqueza substituído pela riqueza dos sonhos

Abstract

This research is a qualitative study with a participant and phenomenological approach, which aims to record the views, values, ethics and spirituality of the members of the Roosevelt riverfront Community. In order to collect data, we use the directed interview with questions related to spirituality in the referred community of the County of Colniza, State of Mato Grosso, in the period from June 1st 2011 to June 11th 2011. The selected participants are from the Northeast or descendants of migrants who went to the northwest of Mato Grosso in seek of wealth, not necessarily economic, but in order to ensure their own subsistence and for their families as well. The sample tried to capture the data with older people in the community. The theme of spirituality investigation was manifested by the subjects, spanning the events of their daily lives to their concern with finiteness. The answers show that riverside have conceptions of experiential spirituality and finitude (death), based in the Ethics of Care. The subjects show deep respect for the environment in which they live and an extreme care to their equals.