Abstract:
This research seeks to understand the growth of classical Pentecostalism in Brazil, from an understanding of the formation of Brazilian society, using a language of Darcy Ribeiro, nobody, besides considering the type of Catholicism brought by the Iberians to their colony, as well as, the religiosity of indigenous and enslaved blacks, with a view to identifying pre-existing religious elements that were re-signified by classical Pentecostalism and also the formation of religiosity and the religious underground present in Brazil. It identifies the historical, theological and social elements that make up classical Pentecostalism that give rise to the Assemblies of God in Brazil. The research aims to show that the different religious influences generated, from the mixture between peoples and their religions, a mystical people quite turned to the supernatural. Within this perspective, we sought to understand the concept developed by Clifford Geertz, in which the differences presented by the same religion in different places are generated by tensions inherent to the process of universalization of religions and the concept defined by Max Weber as “elective affinity” in social choices. The methodological foundation of this study maintains a strong articulation with social research, as it sees the observer as being of the same nature as its object and he himself is part of his observation. As a methodology, bricolage was used in its theoretical and methodological aspects, interweaving bibliographic research and comparisons of research.
