Na força do espírito: Pentecostais Cananenses no Ceará: destino pessoal e organização religiosa

Abstract

This work tries to analyze the doctrinaire’s emphasis and ritual practices found weaved into the daily life of the Assembly of God Ministry Church Canaã, heuristically observed through a phenomenon logical view into the daily lives of the followers of the sect, within a space and time frames socially conditioned by the beliefs manifested by these people. This ministry emerged from the cearense religious centenary starting in 1999, first of a divine revelation of leigman affirming that father Jecér Góes Ferreira was the grate leader chosen to constitute a new denomination within the Brazilian religious field. The grate concept desired by this new confessional denomination follower lies in its capacity to combine metaphysical elements of Christian’s theology with ordinary questions of these gentiles, which generates an extraordinary capacity to incorporate the ontological socialization mechanisms dispensed by the institution. Through the “Canaã theology” one can observe the real importance to the loyal followers of the moral aspects which is capable of certifying an aseptic conduct, sustained by the faith manifested in an absurd and unrecognizable divine power, the characteristic of doctrine is identified as being most important sense for these people’s lives would reside in the non conformism with wordy ways, from where one would reach the necessity to set forth a march towards the desired salvation for the description and analyses of the phenomenon studied here, I used categories taken from the common sense, used by “cananenses” in their process of community interaction which is built inter subjectively. It was possible to reach way the specific usage forms of these native categories, inducted into the community through the chirurgical work done by this church, to perform its efficient power over these followers through the reinforcement of ideas and values that era common un its members, and at the same time, showing the sententious and rewards that could be reach if determined believers which are elective, are adopted when referred to aspects related to the individual search of salvation.