Abstract:
The object of this research is the dualism between body and soul in the Brazilian
Pentecostal theology, represented by its major expression for the Assembly of God
Church. Thus, from the appreciation of the whole human being, take it goals to
investigate the Pentecostal theological anthropology, its tensions and convergences
with the biblical perspective. The theological emphasis on the unity of the human
constitution, that the biblical testimony indicates, contrastes with the historical
experience of Christianity, in which the body, always played a secondary status,
which remains in Pentecostalism today. This research presents its content in three
chapters: Chapter 1 seeks to identify the origin, as well as the development of
anthropological dualism along the mains periods of church history. Entitled
Pentecostal Theology and anthropological dualism, the second chapter seeks to
present a brief aspect of Pentecostal theology, especially considering the data
showing his conception of human being. On the way to overcome the anthropology
dualism, third and last chapter, is quest its, after describing briefly about the
constitution of the human being from some biblical data in dialogue with some
authors, means of overcoming of the anthropological dualism. Finally, it indicates to a
Pentecostal theology the adoption of the anthropological unity perpective.
