Beliefs, Prayers and Praise: Narratives of Faith in the Community Matias, PB

Authors

  • Robéria Nádia Araújo Nascimento UFPB
  • Valtyennya Campos Pires UFPB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2018vol18i2a12

Keywords:

Popular Catholicism, religious tradition, ethnographic observation, Matias Community

Abstract

This text, which systematizes an ethnographic observation, refers to traditions of popular religiosity in the Paraíba Community Matias highlighting narratives of some local characters of Afrodescendant origin. The premise of the approach suggests that religious rituals re-signify the senses of the sacred, and these are reconstructed and re-socialized in both rural and urban settings. However, in rural areas, orality and interpersonal communication, linked to traditions and devotions, continue to be effective in preserving beliefs and devotions that nurture popular Catholicism between generations.

Author Biographies

Robéria Nádia Araújo Nascimento, UFPB

Doutora em Educação pela UFPB. Professora do Departamento de Comunicação Social (UEPB) e do Programa de Mestrado em Formação de Professores (UEPB)

Valtyennya Campos Pires, UFPB

Graduanda em Comunicação Social pela Universidade Estadual da Paraíba.

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Published

2018-08-31

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Conferência de Medellín: 50 anos depois

Section

Intercâmbio

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