Ex-votos, promessas e milagres: um estudo sobre a Igreja Nossa Senhora da Penna

O presente trabalho discute a questão dos ex-votos, promessas e milagres, e as características desta prática religiosa tendo como foco a Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penna, uma das mais antigas do Brasil. Esta igreja reúne exemplares das diferentes categorias de ex-votos que são analisadas na presente dissertação. A história da igreja e seus arredores; a criação das irmandades; e a sua importância junto aos devotos são também objeto de reflexão.

Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus: análise de um caso de sucesso de estratégia por diferenciação

Is it possible to see elements of an organizational strategy in churches practices, as we can do in public and private organizations? This work intend to show a case study about the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, and study some factors that can be evidences of a strategic profile. It discusses the success that this church try to show: can it be proved? The conclusion of this study answer these questions.

A gestão estratégica no terceiro setor: estudo de caso numa organização eclesiástica

This study has the objective to evaluate until which extent the adoption of the strategic planning by the Presbyterian Church of Manaus (IPM) expresses its effective fitting within the strategic management paradigm, whose ethos is the predominance of the instrumental-strategic rationality and the market-orientated logic in the managerial actions. It is assumed as a research initial hypothesis that the adoption of this technique by IPM represented an instrumental-strategic managerial action and a deliberated incorporation of market-orientated managerial parameters, strengthening some of the organizational studies¿ ultimate conclusions about the colonization of the third sector¿s organizations by the capitalist system logic. The research method foresees: (a) a bibliographical review about the themes ¿critical social theories¿, ¿strategic management¿, ¿third sector¿ and ¿religious organizations sociology¿; and (b) a case study at IPM, religious organization established at the state of Amazonas, branch of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPB) and socially active according to religious aims and related (social care, cultural, etc.).