JUVENTUDE, RELIGIÃO E PODER: UM ESTUDO DOS CONFLITOS GERACIONAIS NA IGREJA PENTECOSTAL DEUS É AMOR NA PERIFERIA DE GOIÂNIA

A presente pesquisa, situada no âmbito teórico das Ciências Sociais e Religião, linha de pesquisa em Instituições e Movimentos Religiosos, analisa os conflitos geracionais na Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor (IPDA), em regiões periféricas de Goiânia. O objeto da pesquisa é o jovem e sua possível influência nos processos internos de conflitos geracionais dentro desta instituição. A IPDA é um importante ramo do pentecostalismo clássico, com ampla atuação em diferentes capitais e cidades brasileiras, e com significativo exercício em regiões periféricas de grandes centros urbanos. Além da inserção em território nacional, a Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor (IPDA), tem presença notória em diferentes países da América Latina e representantes em todos os continentes. Considerando sua existência além do território brasileiro, estima-se que a Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor, atinja ao número de 136 países, totalizando 11 mil templos. O método utilizado na investigação cientifica é a Análise Sociológica, para isso privilegia metodologias de entrevistas semi estruturadas e pesquisa bibliográfica. A relevância da pesquisa esta na sua intencionalidade de apontar fatores novos na compreensão do complexo fenômeno religioso bem como suas implicações no cenário religioso da sociedade brasileira. Também é contribuir para o debate acadêmico de estudiosos da área da sociologia da religião com o interesse em realizar estudos comparativos de conflitos geracionais existentes no segmento pentecostal e outras instituições religiosas, bem como do tema pentecostalismo e periferia.(AU)

JUVENTUDE, RELIGIÃO E PODER: UM ESTUDO DOS CONFLITOS GERACIONAIS NA IGREJA PENTECOSTAL DEUS É AMOR NA PERIFERIA DE GOIÂNIA

A presente pesquisa, situada no âmbito teórico das Ciências Sociais e Religião, linha de pesquisa em Instituições e Movimentos Religiosos, analisa os conflitos geracionais na Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor (IPDA), em regiões periféricas de Goiânia. O objeto da pesquisa é o jovem e sua possível influência nos processos internos de conflitos geracionais dentro desta instituição. A IPDA é um importante ramo do pentecostalismo clássico, com ampla atuação em diferentes capitais e cidades brasileiras, e com significativo exercício em regiões periféricas de grandes centros urbanos. Além da inserção em território nacional, a Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor (IPDA), tem presença notória em diferentes países da América Latina e representantes em todos os continentes. Considerando sua existência além do território brasileiro, estima-se que a Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor, atinja ao número de 136 países, totalizando 11 mil templos. O método utilizado na investigação cientifica é a Análise Sociológica, para isso privilegia metodologias de entrevistas semi estruturadas e pesquisa bibliográfica. A relevância da pesquisa esta na sua intencionalidade de apontar fatores novos na compreensão do complexo fenômeno religioso bem como suas implicações no cenário religioso da sociedade brasileira. Também é contribuir para o debate acadêmico de estudiosos da área da sociologia da religião com o interesse em realizar estudos comparativos de conflitos geracionais existentes no segmento pentecostal e outras instituições religiosas, bem como do tema pentecostalismo e periferia.(AU)

JUVENTUDE, RELIGIÃO E PODER: UM ESTUDO DOS CONFLITOS GERACIONAIS NA IGREJA PENTECOSTAL DEUS É AMOR NA PERIFERIA DE GOIÂNIA

A presente pesquisa, situada no âmbito teórico das Ciências Sociais e Religião, linha de pesquisa em Instituições e Movimentos Religiosos, analisa os conflitos geracionais na Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor (IPDA), em regiões periféricas de Goiânia. O objeto da pesquisa é o jovem e sua possível influência nos processos internos de conflitos geracionais dentro desta instituição. A IPDA é um importante ramo do pentecostalismo clássico, com ampla atuação em diferentes capitais e cidades brasileiras, e com significativo exercício em regiões periféricas de grandes centros urbanos. Além da inserção em território nacional, a Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor (IPDA), tem presença notória em diferentes países da América Latina e representantes em todos os continentes. Considerando sua existência além do território brasileiro, estima-se que a Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor, atinja ao número de 136 países, totalizando 11 mil templos. O método utilizado na investigação cientifica é a Análise Sociológica, para isso privilegia metodologias de entrevistas semi estruturadas e pesquisa bibliográfica. A relevância da pesquisa esta na sua intencionalidade de apontar fatores novos na compreensão do complexo fenômeno religioso bem como suas implicações no cenário religioso da sociedade brasileira. Também é contribuir para o debate acadêmico de estudiosos da área da sociologia da religião com o interesse em realizar estudos comparativos de conflitos geracionais existentes no segmento pentecostal e outras instituições religiosas, bem como do tema pentecostalismo e periferia.(AU)

Spirituality, religion and youth: an introduction

 This chapter introduces the concepts of religion and spirituality, particularly as these relate to young people. It reviews some of the major changes that are occurring in contemporary society and how these changes are reflected in the types of religions and spiritualties that young people are practicing. The processes of globalization, international migration, and the mass media provide more choice and increase uncertainty. In this context, the chapter examines some case studies to illustrate how some young people are embracing these choices and uncertainty, practicing Witchcraft as a religion and finding spiritual meaning in dance parties such as raves. In contrast, other young people find various forms of fundamentalisms attractive because they offer certainty in the face of unsettling and insecure times. Finally we discuss the rise of Pentecostalism in Africa and the issue of religious teaching in secular schools.

Friend or foe? Finding common ground between development and Pentecostalism

Religious belief is a common human characteristic, with 80 per cent of the world's population professing some religious affiliation. Indeed, global surveys report an increase in "religiosity" across the globe in recent decades. Within Christianity, Pentecostalism has experienced considerable growth, in contrast with the more traditional Christian churches. This growth is occurring across the globe, but is extremely evident within developing countries. Within development studies (both the theory and practice), religion has been negatively portrayed, misunderstood or set aside as not being of importance to development outcomes. Such an approach towards religion is misguided and limits development effectiveness. While religion is certainly not the "answer" to eradicating poverty or overcoming global injustices, authentic engagement by development actors with religion does provide important opportunities to enhance development outcomes. This paper will consider the basic tenets of development theory and practice, and contrast those against Pentecostal theological teaching in order to determine where there exists common ground and where there exists misalignment of values and thus tension. Such assessment is important in order to enhance the religious literacy of the development sector and to better understand how to authentically engage with communities expressing this belief.

Religion and economy : a comment

McCleary and Barro (2206) analyse whether Max Weber was right in emphasizing the religious impact on work ethic. Thery find a positive correltion between belief in hell and work ethic (p=0.98). They conclude that "Weber may have been right in emphasizing the religion link with work ethic"(p.71). Howevern they fail to explore the link to Max Weber's work on Protestant ethic as they don't explore for denomination differences. Weber's hypotheses would suggest that we would mainly observe an effect for Protestantism within a society. Thus, compared to McCleary and Barro's findings such a result is very much in line with Max Weber's link between religion and work ethic.

Literacy and religion : the textual politics and practice of Seventh-day Adventism

This book explores the interrelation of literacy and religion as practiced by Western Christians in, first, historical contexts and, second, in one contemporary church setting. Using both a case study and a Foucauldian theoretical framework, the book provides a sustained analysis of the reciprocal discursive construction of literacy, religiosity and identity in one Seventh-day Adventist Church community of Northern Australia. Critical linguistic and discourse analytic theory is used to disclose processes of theological (church), familial (home) and educational (school) normalisation of community members into regulated ways of hearing and speaking, reading and writing, being and believing. Detailed analyses of spoken and written texts taken from institutional and local community settings show how textual religion is an exemplary technology of the self, a politics constituted by canonical texts, interpretive norms, textual practices, ritualised events and sociopolitical protocols that, ultimately, are turned in upon the self. The purpose of these analyses is to show how, across denominational difference in belief (tradition) and practice, particular versions of self and society are constructed through economies of truth from text, enabling and constraining what can and cannot be spoken and enacted by believers.

Curriculum and religion

Across continents and cultures and periods of history, religious beliefs have underpinned curriculum in institutions of education. More recently, the so-called culture wars and terrorism have moved religion to center stage. In both state and independent education sectors, deep-seated assumptions about the nature of reality, spirituality, ethics and knowledge converge and clash in the curriculum documents of science, history, literacy education, and the like. With a focus on textual genres of power, starting with antiquity, this chapter argues that little has changed through millennia as the secular mysticism of price has replaced theology today in constraining the potentials of education.

Communicating with the coroner : how religion, culture, and family concerns may influence autopsy decision making

Based on coronial data gathered in the state of Queensland in 2004, this article reviews how a change in legislation may have impacted autopsy decision making by coroners. More specifically, the authors evaluated whether the requirement that coronial autopsy orders specify the level of invasiveness of an autopsy to be performed by a pathologist was affected by the further requirement that coroners take into consideration a known religion, culture, and/or raised family concern before making such an order. Preliminary data reveal that the cultural status of the deceased did not affect coronial autopsy decision making. However, a known religion with a proscription against autopsy and a raised family concern appeared to be taken into account by coroners when making autopsy decisions and tended to decrease the invasiveness of the autopsy ordered from a full internal examination to either a partial internal examination or an external-only examination of the body. The impact of these findings is briefly discussed.

The advancement of religion is still a valid charitable object in 2001

“The Relevance of Religion” is the title of a recent address delivered by The Honourable Chief Justice Murray Gleeson of the High Court of Australia.1 In making the point “about the continuing public importance of religion”, the Chief Justice referenced Lord Devlin’s contention that “no society has yet solved the problem of how to teach morality without religion”....

Malay Kingship in Kedah : Religion, Trade, and Society

The book probes and examines traditional sources of royal power and control, as well as indigenous socio-political systems in the Malay world. It is focused on the north-western Malaysian Sultanate of Kedah which is acknowledged as the oldest unbroken independent kingship line in the ‘Malay and Islamic world’ with 1,000 years of history. Little scholarly attention has been paid to its pre-modern history, society, religion, system of government and unique geographic situation, potentially controlling both land and sea lines of communication into the remainder of Southeast Asia. It will thus provide the first comprehensive treatment in English, or other languages, on Kedah’s pre-modern and nineteenth century historiography and can provide a foundation for comparative studies of the various Malay states which is presently lacking. The proposed book also sheds much needed light on a range of important topics in Malay history including: Kedah and the northern Melaka Straits history, colonial expansion and rivalry, Southeast Asian history and politics, interregional migration and the influence of the sea peoples or orang laut, traditional Malay socio-political and economic life, Islamic influences and the course of Thai-Malay relations. The book attempts to offer a new understanding, not only of Kedah, but of the political and cultural development of the entire Malay world and of its relationships with the broader forces in both its continental and maritime settings. It argues that Kedah does not seem to follow, and in fact, often seems to contradict what has been commonly been accepted as the “typical model” of the traditional Malay state. Thus it concludes that the ruling dynasty has historically exploited a wide range of unique environmental conditions, local traditions, global spiritual trends and economic forces to preserve and strengthen its political position. The scope and theme of book The Kedah Sultanate is the oldest unbroken independent kingship lines in the “Malay world” with 1,000 years of history, and arguably one of the oldest in the Islamic world. In this study I examine key geopolitical and spiritual attributes of Malay kingship that have traditionally cemented the ruler, the peoples, and the environment. Brief description of the primary audience for the book: There is little written in English or Malay on Kedah’s pre twentieth century history. The available sources only look at certain aspects of Kedah’s history, are outdated or are confined to a specific period often outside the scope of the book. It is therefore anticipated that the readership and market for the book includes: • Scholars of Southeast Asian history, Islam, kingship, trade. • Academics & Historians (including: Asian, Thai history, Islamic, Maritime, Persian, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Colonial) • Libraries • Students, particularly those in Malaysia (especially the states of Kedah, Perlis and Penang), Thailand and Singapore. • Universities • Scholars and students in Political Science & International Relations