Infinitude in Religion: When One Life Is Not Enough

Autores

  • Eliane Garcia Rezende Social Sciences. Federal University of Alfenas (Unifal-MG).
  • Flamínia Manzano Moreira Lodovici Professor, PhD, lecturer, researcher for the Department of Linguistics at São Paulo Catholic University (FAFICLA/PUC-SP) and lecturer/researcher of the Postgraduate Study Program in Gerontology at PUC-SP, Brazil. E-mail: flalodo@terra.com.br
  • Maria Helena Villas Bôas Concone Anthropologist and head of the Anthropology Department at São Paulo Catholic University (PUC-SP). Lecturer/researcher of the Postgraduate Study Program in Social Sciences and Gerontology PUC-SP, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2014v17iEspecial17p181-197

Palavras-chave:

Finitude, Religiosity, Life-Death, Old Age.

Resumo

Death can be interpreted as a social and historical product. In the context of spirituality death is constructed as a transcendence of life and becomes a passage to the other side, while establishing a continuity of life in the world unseen. Books self-described as Spiritists and/or Spiritualists published in Portuguese within Brazil’s prevailing religious pluralism tell the epopee of spirits, whose spiritual evolution requires numerous reincarnations aimed at ongoing changes toward its improvement. In this process, death is nothing but a passage in the Life of a spirit who gradually progresses through stages to erase its finitude from an "embodied" to a "disembodied" spirit.


Biografia do Autor

Eliane Garcia Rezende, Social Sciences. Federal University of Alfenas (Unifal-MG).

Eliane Garcia Rezende – Professor at the Federal University of Alfenas (Unifal-MG). PhD in Social Sciences from São Paulo Catholic University (PUC-SP). Professor, researcher and advisor on research papers at the School of Nutrition at Unifal-MG, Brazil.

E-mail: elianeg1202@gmail.com

Flamínia Manzano Moreira Lodovici, Professor, PhD, lecturer, researcher for the Department of Linguistics at São Paulo Catholic University (FAFICLA/PUC-SP) and lecturer/researcher of the Postgraduate Study Program in Gerontology at PUC-SP, Brazil. E-mail: flalodo@terra.com.br

Linguista. Doutora pelo IEL/Unicamp, sob orientação da Profa.Dra.Claudia Thereza Guimarães de Lemos; Mestre pelo LAEL/PUC-SP, sob orientação da Profa.Dra.Mary Aisawa Kato. Professora Assistente-Doutor do Departamento de Linguística/FAFICLA/PUC-SP.

Maria Helena Villas Bôas Concone, Anthropologist and head of the Anthropology Department at São Paulo Catholic University (PUC-SP). Lecturer/researcher of the Postgraduate Study Program in Social Sciences and Gerontology PUC-SP, Brazil.

Maria Helena Villas Bôas Concone – Anthropologist and head of the Anthropology Department at São Paulo Catholic University (PUC-SP). Lecturer/researcher of the Postgraduate Study Program in Social Sciences and Gerontology PUC-SP, Brazil.

E-mail: trcconcone@yahoo.com.br

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Publicado

2014-12-30

Como Citar

Rezende, E. G., Lodovici, F. M. M., & Concone, M. H. V. B. (2014). Infinitude in Religion: When One Life Is Not Enough. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 17(Especial17), 181–197. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2014v17iEspecial17p181-197

Edição

v. 17 (2014): Número Especial 17 - Death/Finitude and Old Age

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