Functional differentiation and religious organizations in modernity: a theoretical analysis based on Pentecostalism in Brazil
In this paper we discuss the role of religious organizations based on Niklas Luhmann's theory of functional differentiation. Based on the thesis of functional differentiation as a defining form of modern society and the relationship between religion and other social spheres, we argue that the m...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Ciências Sociais |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufc:article/20184 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/revcienso/article/view/20184 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Functional differentiation Modernity Religious organizations Pentecostalism Diferenciação funcional. Modernidade. Organizações religiosas. Pentecostalismo |
| Resumo: | In this paper we discuss the role of religious organizations based on Niklas Luhmann's theory of functional differentiation. Based on the thesis of functional differentiation as a defining form of modern society and the relationship between religion and other social spheres, we argue that the multiplicity of functional orientations resulting from the non-convergence between the perspectives of the different social subsystems should be the starting point of the empirical analyzes of religious organizations in modernity. We demonstrate the theoretical argument through an analysis of religious organizations that are guided by pentecostal structures and semantics in the search for the conversion of believers in the Brazilian religious field. |
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