The elderly and the Seicho No Ie

Abstract

The aging ratio and religion has been currently more widespread in the scientific and academic literature; religion would be for humans, a parameter of organizational conduct, and interpretation of experience in different situations coping with the conditions of life, in any culture, and in all age groups, which would help in a positive way to experience the process of aging and old age. Demographic data show the dynamics of movement of people between the diverse religious groups in the country, among them the Seicho no Ie (SNI), which stands out precisely because to be much more than non-eastern Brazilian fans than descendants Japanese immigrants. This change of religion, but only fully will effect if performed in the symbolic. Symbolic transits otherness, for difference and metaphor, and produces a new direction. The religions are, first of all, as sources of symbolic capital, giving way to new experiences. The research methodology to which this work is linked will take into account both quantitative analysis and qualitative (semi-structured questionnaire). 15 subjects will be selected. The inclusion of subjects must meet the following criteria: aged 60 years, of both sexes, who migrated from one religion to the Seicho no Ie, and part of it for over a year. The analysis of quantitative data is obtained the sociodemographic profile of the fans. Qualitative data will be analyzed by following two phases: first, to identify the narratives categories that stand out; second, to make the descriptive interpretation based on the literature. The expected results will reveal, among other things, what is the main factor of migration of seniors to Seicho no Ie. Our hypothesis is that although to affiliate to Seicho No Ie, the elderly maintain Catholicism as a symbolic system.

Seicho No Ie; Religion; Elderly.