Open AccessSOCIOLOGIA DO CRESCIMENTO PENTECOSTAL NO BRASIL: UM BALANÇO
Author(s) -
Ricardo Mariano
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
perspectiva teológica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2176-8757
pISSN - 0102-4469
DOI - 10.20911/21768757v43n119p11/2011
Subject(s) - sociology , perspective (graphical) , criticism , population , rational choice theory (criminology) , balance (ability) , positive economics , welfare economics , economics , political science , law , criminology , demography , psychology , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science
O artigo apresenta um balanço sumário da teoria sociológica sobre a expansão pentecostal no Brasil. Analisa as obras mais importantes que a conformaram, sua perspectiva modernizadora e destaca as críticas que recebeu. Procura mostrar que essa teoria responsabilizou prioritariamente as transformações estruturais da sociedade pelas mudanças nas escolhas religiosas de parte dos migrantes rurais e dos estratos mais pobres da população. Por fim, apresenta a perspectiva da teoria da escolha racional da religião, que, em contraste, foca sua análise na oferta religiosa.ABSTRACT: The article presents a summary balance of sociological theory about the Pentecostal expansion in Brazil. It analyses the most important works that led to the birth of Pentecostalism, its modernizing perspective and the criticism it has received. The article seeks to show that this theory blamed primarily the structural transformations of society through changes in religious choices by rural migrants and the poorest strata of the population. Finally, the article presents the perspective of the rational choice theory of religion, which, in contrast, focuses its analysis on the religious offering.