Pastoral vocation and secular society: the living of religion and for religion in the career of a Pentecostal pastor

The modern secularized society creates new opportunities to religious specialists and their religious organizations who wish to relate religious interests to distinct social interests, in order to seek, through religion, satisfaction to their demands and needs. This article intends to discuss the re...

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Autor: Boechat, João
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2017
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositório:Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online)
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669762
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8669762
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Religion
Pentecostalism
Secularization
Modernity
Religião
Pentecostalismo
Secularização
Modernidade
Religión
Secularización
Modernidad
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Resumo:The modern secularized society creates new opportunities to religious specialists and their religious organizations who wish to relate religious interests to distinct social interests, in order to seek, through religion, satisfaction to their demands and needs. This article intends to discuss the relationship between religion and secularized society, as well as observe the strategies, opportunities and challenges of an independent Pentecostal pastor, i.e., Romilton Oliveira while trying to live for and off religion in this society. Analyzing his family origin, conversion and ecclesiastic career, I intend to exam the religious career of this Pentecostal pastor. Moreover, analyzing the Pentecostal religious organization created by Romilton, I seek to exam the primary and non-primary functions developed by the religious organization in order to survive and influence the individuals, demonstrating, in this way, how religion influences and is influenced by other social spheres.