O pentecostalismo em contextos de violência: uma etnografia das relações entre pentecostais e traficantes em Magé = The pentecostalism in contexts of violence : an ethnography of relationships between Pentecostais and traffickers in Magé
In Rio de Janeiro’s urban outskirts, we can observe the presence of two different groups: the Pentecostal churches and the drug dealers groups. However, although the Pentecostals see the drug dealers as connected to the Evil, the relation between them is not a conflictual one. In fact, the Pentecost...
| Subtitles: | The pentecostalism in contexts of violence |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la Religión del Mercosur
2008
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| In: |
Ciencias sociales y religión
Year: 2008, Volume: 10, Issue: 10, Pages: 181-205 |
| Further subjects: | B
Pentecostalism
B Drug Trafficking B Violence B Spiritual battle |
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| Summary: | In Rio de Janeiro’s urban outskirts, we can observe the presence of two different groups: the Pentecostal churches and the drug dealers groups. However, although the Pentecostals see the drug dealers as connected to the Evil, the relation between them is not a conflictual one. In fact, the Pentecostals are respected by the drug dealers: both when they preach to the drug dealers at drugs’ sales spots and when they rescue people who have been “sentenced to death” by the drug dealers. How can we understand the moral authority that the Pentecostals have over authoritary and violent interlocutors such as drug dealers? The main hypothesis I develop in this article is that, by obeying the rules of gift and reciprocity and by orienting their action by the logic of the Spiritual Battle, Pentecostals achieve a priviledged position in a context of violent and authoritary drug traffic. |
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| ISSN: | 1982-2650 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ciencias sociales y religión
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22456/1982-2650.3982 |