Ritual, communitas e espetáculo religioso na marcha para Jesus em Fortaleza-Ce

Abstract

This article analyses the publication of the event “March for Jesus” held in Fortaleza in 2007 as taken from facts collected in a survey on the ground.’ In theory it is supported by the works of Èmile Dunkheim, Victor W. Turner, Georg Simmel, Daniéle Herview-Léger, among others.The event in question is considered a ritual, a “communitas” and a religious spectacle. Its contribution towards the construction of religious identidies in our present day and to understand transformations in the area of religion is discussed.