The dialogue between cult and culture: possibilities for a cult with a Brazilian face

Authors

  • Julio Cezar Adam Faculdades EST

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/rct.i92.38237

Keywords:

Worship, Liturgy, Inculturation, Liberation Theology, IECLB, Brazil

Abstract

This article arose from a need to reflect on an older theme that has not yet been carried out in liturgical practice in the Brazilian context. It is intended, therefore, to reflect here on the liturgical inculturation in the Brazilian context, especially from a historical Protestant church, with the aim of proposing clues for a worship that reflects the Brazilian culture and context, allowing Christian worship to be not only an event of celebration of life, but also of transformation and dignification of life, especially of those people who are in a situation of vulnerability. The article is the result of a process of literature review on liturgical inculturation in the evangelical-Lutheran, but also Catholic context of the 90s (20th century), as well as reflection on the cultural and socio-political context, liturgical reflection in Liberation Theology, as a basis for pointing out clues to an inculturated liturgical practice. The article is thus organized: 1) Theoretical contribution to think inculturation; 2) Aspects of Brazilian culture; 3) Worship reality in the researched context; and 4) Lanes for an inculturated worship, a worhip with a Brazilian face. The main results of this study are to show the relation of the incuturation with the social context, the relation with the spaces and places of concrete life, with time and memory and the subversive role of the party. From these axes it seems possible not only to celebrate the worhip, but do it in critical dialogue with culture, to transform contexts.

Author Biography

Julio Cezar Adam, Faculdades EST

Teologia Prática

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Published

2018-12-21