The Pentecostals and the Bible in Brazil An approach through the aesthetics of reception.

Authors

  • Antonio Paulo Benatte

Keywords:

Bible, Pentecostalism, reading, reception history of the Bible

Abstract

The article deals with the reading of the Bible among Brazilian Pentecostal communities over the past century, with emphasis on the Assembleia de Deus. Based on the cultural history of reading and the contributions of the aesthetics of reception, seeks to indicate alternative ways of studying the history of popular reception of biblical texts. The methodology combined participant observation, collection of oral interviews and analysis of printed sources. It concludes that the notion of “literal reading” is theoretically and empirically inadequate to understand the complexity of the relationship of believers with the Holy Bible.

Author Biography

Antonio Paulo Benatte

Doutor em História (UNICAMP); professor da UEPG; pesquisador-colaborador IFCH-UNICAMP.

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Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2012): História da Religião - Perspectivas Culturalistas

Section

Seção Temática

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