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El capítulo VI de la sección V del Dialogus libri vitae, escrito por el arzobispo de Toledo Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada hacia 1214 ofrece algunos elementos relativos a la función de los eclesiásticos letrados en una comunidad ideal. Este pasaje constituye una muestra interesantísima del fenómeno de transmisión del saber en la península ibérica y la cuenca del Mediterráneo durante los siglos XII y XIII. El discurso del arzobispo se elabora en torno a la racionalidad política y a la autoridad aristotélica como fuente de filosofía natural, y argumenta que el saber letrado (representado por Aristóteles) es esencial para la formación del monarca (Alejandro). A partir de los estudios de fondo de Pick (2004) y González Diéguez (2017), y a la espera de realizar un trabajo completo sobre la sección V en su conjunto, añadiré alguna propuesta sobre materiales que pudieron contribuir a la escritura de dicho capítulo, defendiendo que la identidad letrada fue asumida como rasgo discriminante por una comunidad de individuos que compartieron lecturas y saberes, la situada en el radio de acción de la catedral toledana en los primeros años del siglo XIII. Chapter VI of section V of the Dialogus libri vitae, written by the archbishop of Toledo Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada around 1214, offers some elements concerning the function of learned ecclesiastics in an ideal community. This passage is a very interesting example of the phenomenon of the transmission of knowledge in the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean basin during the 12th and 13th centuries. The archbishop’s discourse is built around political rationality and Aristotelian authority as a source of natural philosophy, and argues that learned knowledge (represented by Aristotle) is essential for the formation of the monarch (Alexander). Drawing on the seminal studies by Pick (2004) and González Diéguez (2017), and pending a complete work on section V as a whole, I will add some suggestions about materials that may have contributed to the writing of this chapter, arguing that literate identity was assumed as a discriminating trait by a community of individuals who shared readings and knowledge, the one located within the radius of action of the Toledo cathedral in the early years of the thirteenth century.

The study of history can offer us historiographical dilemmas that we must confront. One of them concerns the use of the concept, or category, of intellectual for pre-modern periods, that is, for the historical moments that we define as Antiquity and the Middle Ages. In the present study, we analyze this possibility based on the episcopal figure in Late Antiquity, casting our eyes on Bishop Isidore of Seville, a character of great political and cultural stature in the Spanish-Visigoth kingdom of Toledo at the end of the 6th century and in the first third of the 7th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the problem of the thesis of dependence between political philosophy and natural philosophy in Hobbes's thought, presenting some arguments that show the difficulty of conceiving political theses as being derived solely from the fundamental premises of the movement. The text begins by addressing the problem of the relationship between natural philosophy and civil philosophy in order to indicate elements to support the questioning of the thesis of unity between the parts of philosophy. Next, we analyze the concepts of law, obligation and authority in order to show that Hobbes' political philosophy incorporates other elements that are not derived from physics, but, in this specific case, from the legal tradition. Finally, we will show a specifically negative sense of the influence of natural philosophy on politics, namely, the fight against demands for political power by the clergy that will be structured around the interdiction of the possibility of the doctrines of essences separated from scholasticism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this essay, I bring up the "sociological" analysis that preceded the social sciences in Brazil, which addressed themes - among others - that permeated religious morality (which formed part of the identity of brazilians in interpretations from the late 19th and early 20th centuries). The markedly catholic influence in the state, which generated demands in relation to the aspect of christian morality, but also the political involvement of the religious clergy, and the socio-economic action of the oligarchies that dominated public sectors in the sense of creating spaces of mutual interests (between the state and federal spheres) so that the masses would not be able to establish any structural revolution, are faces presented inside different theoretical fields to historicize part of an identity apparently still under construction. To do this, I revisited the works A Organização Nacional and O Problema Nacional Brasileiro in order to highlight Alberto Torres vision of the interface between religion and politics, as well as his criticism of potentials "dangerous plots" created by an "not controlled religion". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Among other contributions, the patristic period left an invaluable legacy in the realm of preaching. The historical study of this period brings fruitful and lasting lessons to present-day preachers, providing them with a deeper understanding of their task and the resources available to them. This article seeks to underscore how some important documents and leaders of the ancient church approached the biblical text in terms of its interpretation, exposition, and application to the needs of the faithful. Special emphasis is given to the so-called Second Epistle of Clement, Melito of Sardis, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Basil of Caesarea, and John Chrysostom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article intends to problematize archives and collections as components of memorial disputes from multiple perspectives. The issue here in vogue is personified in the figure of João David Ferreira Lima, the first rector of the Federal University of Santa Catarina and a figure exercising functions cooperating with the Civil-Military Dictatorship established in 1964. From the presentation of two antagonistic positions around Ferreira Lima, one presented by the UFSC Memory and Truth Commission and the other considered from the judicial process brought by the former rector's eldest son against the University, the places of memory and the narrative disputes that concern it in the public sphere will be discussed and private, as well as in the presence of the commonly agreed conventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The theme of this article has as its scope of study one of the former Argentine National Territories (Chaco), and deals with the analysis of the discursive and epistolary exchanges exposed regarding the theme of indigenous integration during the forties, framed in a context of growing missionary activity by pastors of Protestant origin. Some new knowledge resulting from recent research in regional archives of northeastern Argentina is presented here. In this case we focus on the points of view raised as a result of the action of some of these missionaries, who with their work were able to demonstrate novel methodologies to obtain an unusual insertion of the natives within these new societies and in the process of formation. We also try to explain the reasons for the official reactions to this phenomenon, finally evaluating the innovations and advances that were outlined or produced in this regard during the forties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on anthropological and sociological theories, conceptual categories and dense ethnographic work, and from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective, the objective of the article is to discuss the process of religious change that is taking place in the Sororó Indigenous Land (Suruí-Aikewara), Pará, Brazil. With the introduction of Pentecostal Protestantism, and using their previous animist cosmology, most villages, in the process of evangelical conversion, incorporate, re-signify and create new expressions of the sacred. From a real and symbolic dispute between the Pastor and the Pajé, there emerged the emic category of ‘índio-crente’ (indigenous believer) and an ideal type, in the Weberian sense, which we are calling 'indigenous Pentecostalism'. With a comparative and complementary perspective, the ethnography made with a Kaingang pajé cunhã-karaí, in Santa Catarina, is also discussed. In these two indigenous contexts, there is no rupture with the original cosmologies, but rather a logic of correspondence, cohabitation of opposites, strategies of accumulation of different logics of thought, of symbolic categories and religious practices. Even constituting themselves as distinct paradigms, the two models – indigenous-shamanism and Pentecostal-Christianity – are intertwined in a web of magical-religious relationships, materialized in an evident religious hybridity, in a new syncretic religiosity and, in the Lévi-Strauss perspective, healing efficacy, real and/or symbolic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article deals with the need for a pastor in today's world to understand philosophy and its modus operandi today. Thus, Christian leaders must not lose sight of the power of philosophy in shaping the thinking, and therefore, the cultures of the masses; because although the contributions of the Greek "philosophers" continue to be the motor of modern natural sciences, which in a sense is something very beneficial; However, over the multiple contributions of many in history to the philosophical arsenal, Einstein's proposal of scientific and ideological relativism marks the trend of both modernity and post-modernity. And it is this ideological relativism that gives way to ideas as crazy as Nietzsche's "god is dead", and even Butler's vulgar "ideologies". And it was only the withdrawal of these debates and the abandonment of the public arena and the academies by conservative Christians that left the doors open to the havoc wreaked by seculars on all fronts. The minister of the Lord should not allow himself the luxury of ignoring the history of philosophy, nor its methods; on the contrary, he must avoid the trap of knowing as an end in itself. The minister of the gospel must seek and encourage the servant of Christ to seek the glory of God in all that is done in the Christian's life from the cradle to the grave. The theologian, for his part, and therefore the biblical exegete and pulpit man, must avoid the trap of sanctifying Plato, Aristotle and Kant, even as he reveals himself to Athens in contempt for Jerusalem. It is necessary that the Christian theologian seeks to know, but being a divine and a biblicist, drawing his method from Scripture, instead of clouding the truth with subtle philosophical lies. His mind must seek to be nourished, not by general knowledge and the philosophical method itself, but by the Word; he must teach and preach the Word; must seek the pleasure of God and the good of souls. The minister must honor his calling, namely, to preach and teach the whole Council of God. In his balance, the man in the pulpit must make every effort not to let the method of his trade permeate the biblical method and his end. Your knowledge must be profuse, but to try to honor the Divine method. His abundant wisdom must be so that by having the mind of Christ, he avoids any pernicious mixture between Biblicism and scientism, theology and philosophy, faith and reason, ideology and piety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers an analysis of the message of fear of God that is contained in Ecclesiastes. For such a proposal, the theoretical-methodological path of bibliographical research is used, which uses materials already elaborated and systematized, such as books and scientific articles. Qohélet's text is a substantial presentation of the human being's need to surrender before the magnificence of the heavenly Father. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article addresses the association between the religious and political spheres through qualitative and quantitative analyzes of the performance of decorated priests in the orders of Christ and Cruzeiro during the Brazilian First Reign. The orders were granted to those who offered relevant services to the State and were mobilized by the first emperor at the time of construction of the unity of the Brazilian territory and, with it, of his own political legitimacy. The association between Church and State was formalized through the Padroado, but it was also necessary to co-opt priests, using the desire for distinction present in society. The aim was to extol d. Pedro through the authority of the word that emanated from a member of the clergy in a deep religious society. Thus, many priests did not hesitate the task of legitimizing the role of the emperor in the new constitutional system using the pulpit or the printed word, which is why they were properly decorated and entered the nobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the implementation of a plan for ecclesiastical reforms in Europe between the 12th and 17th centuries. During this period, the local clergy used specific strategies to fulfill their duty of preaching, teaching, and practicing faith. There were constant updates to the norms and prescriptions of the church due to the heterogeneity of the kingdoms. The objective of the article is to analyze how the pastoral action of the church and the teaching of faith adapted over the centuries and geographical spaces, including the evangelization of the American continent. [Extracted from the article]

This article considers the history of the growing missionary involvement of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil in Africa. During several decades, the foreign missions work of this denomination was performed in countries with a previous Presbyterian presence, starting in Portugal. Subsequently, the United States, Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela also received Brazilian Presbyterian pastors and missionaries. The work in Paraguay, started in 1970, was the first in a country with no Presbyterian presence. As far as the black continent is concerned, the first experiment took place during the same decade in South Africa. In the following decades, IPB's Board of Foreign Missions (JMN) and, subsequently, its successor, the Presbyterian Agency for Cross-cultural Missions (APMT) sent a considerable number of missionaries to Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Ghana, South Africa, and Senegal, as well as to Cape Verde, Guinea-Conakry, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe. The most impressive phenomenon occurred among the Konkomba people in Ghana, which resulted in a vibrant church with thousands of members. The article ends by listing the benefits of this impressive missionary investment in the African continent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The tendency to believe that truths of the faith appear suddenly is a very common error in our days. This propensity seems to have been accentuated by a misconception of the dogma of Pontifical Infallibility, which leads many to believe that Popes are factories of infallible truths that are independent of the matter, the manner and the circumstances in which they are affirmed. This study seeks to prove how unfounded this error is, by means of the testimony of Fathers of the Church regarding Pope Liberius' capitulation in subscribing to the Arian heresy, and a brief consideration of the elements determined by the Church for a truth to be considered infallible, in the dogmatic constitution Pastor aeternus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the early modern age, occasions such as illness, attempted murders and deaths of figures who held positions of power were present in sermons, which could be printed. In this sense, the failure of the attempted murder of the Marquis of Pombal, in 1776, constitutes a good example for the study of the manifestations of rejoicing that then took place. The study of the language used by preachers shows close relationships with political theory, clearly evident in sermons dedicated to figures in government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Having arrived in the Hispanic Peninsula as Arians, the conversion of the Visigoths to Nicene orthodoxy reaffirmed the vigor of the ecclesiastical institution. Concurrently with the work associated with the process of conversion of the monarch and the nobility, the episcopate sought to organize and consolidate different aspects of the internal dynamics of the Visigoth church. Thus, among other initiatives, he dedicated himself to qualified clerical training, the establishment of uniform liturgical practices, the indication of moral profiles to the clergy, the reaffirmation of discipline and the valorization of hierarchy. In that context, a vast literature was conceived by expressive figures in the episcopal environment. In the 6th and 7th centuries, in addition to the textual production of these figures, there was a smaller literary activity related to the regional performance of members of the episcopate. These bishops, although with limited protagonism in the political scenario, when compared to characters such as Leandro and Isidoro de Seville, shared the same habitus of these. In this sense, they were committed to the institution's internal agenda, as can be seen from the appreciation of documentation such as that linked to Liciniano, bishop of Cartagena. Based on such references, this text is interested in debating aspects of the functioning of the Visigothic church, with emphasis on the challenges faced by clerical leaders, based on Licinian's correspondence with Gregory the Great. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyze, from a gender perspective, the actions of religious-political actors regarding the fight against reproductive autonomy of women and people with a uterus in the 21st century. For this, it proposes to understand how the evangelical political actors's actions and discourses were formulated in the public and political arena in society, mainly related to the theme of abortion in this period. The focus on the Jair Bolsonaro's government from the analysis of the actions of the former minister and pastor Damares Alves and his initiatives contrary to the defense of Reproductive Rights punctuate the example of the worsening that the imbrication between religion and politics in recent years has reached in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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aims to analyze the religious conversion of drug dealers residing in Bairro da Penha, in Vitória, Espírito Santo. Based on biographical interviews, the life narratives of three pastors of the Operando Deus church, who had a previous career in trafficking and later in the church, will serve to reflect on a path that has been increasingly common in the Brazilian peripheries, where worlds of crime and religion are related in the most varied ways. In this article, this relationship is analyzed as a transition between two careers that make up different circulations of gifts in the universes of crime and religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The book of Psalms blesses the church in many ways. This article presents some of the ways in which the church benefits from the preaching of Psalms. It describes what we can learn when they are preached and what are the effects of this preaching on the life of the church. Without being exhaustive, it presents the reasons that motivate the preacher to expound the Psalms, recognizes the theological movement promoted by recognizing the Psalms as the Word of God, and indicates the ecclesiastical environment promoted in a church in which the Psalms are preached. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents an integrative approach to pastoral ministry activities which is grounded in the Scriptures and has been used throughout Christian history. This model departs from the presupposition that the center of pastoral ministry should be the devotion "to prayer and the ministry of the word" (Acts 6.4). However, the focus of this essay will be on the ministry of the Word. In the article, the ministry is analyzed in its public, personal, and private dimensions. The understanding and internalization of these dimensions can benefit the pastor and aid him in focusing on that which, in reality, should be primary in his plan and schedule. This, in turn, allows him to avoid the stress of ministerial activism and burnout resulting from peripheral activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the richest resources Christ bestowed on his church has been the ministry, inspired by his own example, actions, and teachings. The apostle Paul mentions pastoral service as one of the spiritual gifts given to the body and remarks that it must be exercised with profound zeal and dedication. Starting from this teaching in Romans 12:7, this article considers seven inspiring examples of dedication to the ministry in biblical and ecclesiastical history, namely, Moses, Paul, John Chrysostom, John Calvin, Richard Baxter, Franklin Graham, and Jesus Christ himself. Franklin Graham was the pioneer Presbyterian missionary in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The purpose of this reflection is to encourage the pastors of today who devote themselves to the strenuous task of ministry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article aims to propose a review of some of the titles with which the Church refers to the pope, such as Bishop of Rome, Supreme Pontiff and Vicar of Christ, to investigate whether, in fact, they still say something about the modus operandi et vivendi of the Petrine ministry today. The analysis proves to be important because, for the reform of the papacy called for, even by the popes themselves (UUS 95; EG 32), this review can be a first step to be taken, since, starting from the perspective that the Papacy is a construction, it was not always as it is today and therefore in the future it may be different. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the policies and strategies of the Holy See to create new ecclesiastical circumscriptions during the administration of the apostolic nuncio Alessandro Bavona, who served between 1907 and 1911. I will focus on the relations between the Holy See, which formulated projects to reform, strengthen and expand the Catholic Church and the Brazilian episcopate, which often resisted, placed obstacles and delayed the advance of these policies. The sources were obtained from the Vatican Apostolic Archives and the Historical Archive of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs. The creation of ecclesiastical jurisdictions served civil and, above all, ecclesiastical interests. It intended to organize the territory and the episcopal management, dividing the more extensive dioceses, with greater or lesser demographic density, with the aim of: making religious assistance effective for the population; disciplining the clergy; combating competing religions; christianizing indigenous peoples. The exceptional institutional expansion that occurred during the Bavona administration favored the expansion of the Catholic Church in society and its religious control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The nineteenth-century British Baptist minister Charles Haddon Spurgeon is considered the "prince of preachers". While still a teenager, he started to preach in an outstanding way and throughout forty years of ministry he proclaimed the gospel to millions of hearers. Thanks to the publication of his vast number of sermons, he is considered the individual with the largest volume of published works in the history of Christianity. Besides preaching vastly, he pastored a church of thousands of members, founded scores of organizations, and kept a voluminous correspondence. A striking trait of his career consisted in the fact that he was an ardent Calvinist, mainly due to the influence of the Puritans, whose writings he read since his childhood. This article starts with the main aspects of Spurgeon's biography, then it stresses the characteristics of his preaching and literary output, and finally it summarizes his thought around three topics: the Bible (the written word), Jesus Christ (the incarnated word), and preaching (the proclaimed word). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to undertake a study of the trajectory of the men who made wills in the region of Rio das Velhas in the Captaincy of Minas do Ouro throughout the 18th century. The chronological milestones were established from the perception that the 1710s begins with a process of formalization of the villages in the region of Minas and ends in 1720 when the captaincy that separates from São Paulo to constitutes itself as the independent captaincy and as such with specific needs and characteristics and the final timeframe is related to the clear end of the peak of the gold cycle as some authors pointed out and to the establishment of more effective measures in relation to education throughout the empire due to the Pombaline reforms and the creation of the literary subsidy in 1772. Bearing this in mind, the objective of this text is to investigate life trajectories focusing on family relationships, the educational strategies of these writers towards their descendants and the practices of sociability based in write culture. For this research, the basic reference is the works of Pierre Bourdieu when he emphasizes the need on the part of researchers to investigate the trajectories of the historical agents. However, for this purpose, the contributions of microhistory that seek to justify this sort research. In previous researches based on testaments produced during the 18th century in Minas, it was noticed that some figures who wrote the wills repeated themselves with some consistency during some period and then disappeared. These scribes or literate, as far as it is possible to identify up to now, were lawyers, soldiers and clergy who, among other activities related to writing, carried out the writing of wills for the inhabitants of Rio das Velhas region. In general, these activities were related to writing and aimed at supporting these historical agents. For this research we tried to analyze the trajectory of some of the writers. From this definition of object, a nominative cross was made with other documents such as post-mortem inventories and testaments of relatives, friends and companions of these writers, aiming to understand and analyze the life trajectory of these literate people working in Minas Gerais during the 18th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to undertake a study of the trajectory of the men who made wills in the region of Rio das Velhas in the Captaincy of Minas do Ouro throughout the 18th century. The chronological milestones were established from the perception that the 1710s begins with a process of formalization of the villages in the region of Minas and ends in 1720 when the captaincy that separates from São Paulo to constitutes itself as the independent captaincy and as such with specific needs and characteristics and the final timeframe is related to the clear end of the peak of the gold cycle as some authors pointed out and to the establishment of more effective measures in relation to education throughout the empire due to the Pombaline reforms and the creation of the literary subsidy in 1772. Bearing this in mind, the objective of this text is to investigate life trajectories focusing on family relationships, the educational strategies of these writers towards their descendants and the practices of sociability based in write culture. For this research, the basic reference is the works of Pierre Bourdieu when he emphasizes the need on the part of researchers to investigate the trajectories of the historical agents. However, for this purpose, the contributions of microhistory that seek to justify this sort research. In previous researches based on testaments produced during the 18th century in Minas, it was noticed that some figures who wrote the wills repeated themselves with some consistency during some period and then disappeared. These scribes or literate, as far as it is possible to identify up to now, were lawyers, soldiers and clergy who, among other activities related to writing, carried out the writing of wills for the inhabitants of Rio das Velhas region. In general, these activities were related to writing and aimed at supporting these historical agents. For this research we tried to analyze the trajectory of some of the writers. From this definition of object, a nominative cross was made with other documents such as post-mortem inventories and testaments of relatives, friends and companions of these writers, aiming to understand and analyze the life trajectory of these literate people working in Minas Gerais during the 18th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to reflect on the political function of the arbítrios, through a memorial written by Luis de Ribera, which deals with a topic related to the ecclesiastical government of Peru. The arbítrios were proposals addressed to the king for the solution of problems in several spheres of the government, especially financial matters. They had their heyday in Spain from the middle of the 16th century, and from the first decades of the 17th century we can observe an arbitrism centered on American issues, although to a lesser extent than the Castilian arbitrism. Ecclesiastical issues were of great importance in the Spanish territories in America, due to the fact that sovereignty over the new lands was justified by the evangelization of the natives. Ribera's memorial offered a solution to one of these issues, the rivalry between the religious orders and the secular clergy; from this we will consider the influence of these writings on political issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Pope Francis finds himself at the head of a Church facing great difficulties. He has launched and pursued projects that his predecessor struggled to advance. He has placed himself at the center of the essential discussions of our time: wealth and poverty, equity and justice, transparency, modernity, globalization, the role of women, opening the priesthood to women, the nature of marriage, welcoming remarried divorcees, the temptations of power, relations with Islam, the fight against pedophilia, the finances of the Holy See, the abolition of ecclesiastical celibacy, the governance of the Church, and the reinvigoration of the faith in Europe. Even if we are not going to address all of these themes, the Pope for his part has little choice but to continue along the road already taken for a Church with variable geometry. Beyond his person, it is about the Church and, above all, about the reception of Christ by our contemporary society in its cultural diversity. What is striking is to see how Pope Francis, as a catalyst, conceives his ministry through listening to the pastors who have themselves listened to the people. He often insists on the importance of freedom of speech and debate. Hence the place we have for the rich African culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The magisterium of Pope Francis resumes ecclesial and pastoral processes that make possible the conciliar aggiornamento of the Catholic Church in its modus essendi et operandi. It expresses a Church "on the way out" of rigid and inflexible schemes and structures, moved by the dynamism and "joy of the Gospel" that makes it missionary. This Church reconfigures internal dynamics in the spirit of collegiality and synodality, making clergy and laity, men and women co-responsible for the mission; and it shows itself as a partner of society, dialoguing about its problems and collaborating on solutions. This study analyzes the reception of the teaching of Pope Francis in the Catholic Church in Brazil. It identifies illuminating principles of this pontificate for the Church today and points out the urgent needs that Brazilian society presents for its mission. The method used is the qualitative analysis of texts by Pope Francis, comparing them to the Brazilian reality. He concludes that the reception of his magisterium takes place amidst a reluctant obedience, especially among the clergy, which ends up in a legal formality, as a kind of silent obedience; and a convinced reception, especially by lay leaders. These postures clash with tacit resistance to Pope Francis. The challenge remains to make an effective impact of his teaching on the structures and pastoral processes of Catholic communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the last year of his life, Kierkegaard launched a fierce attack on the Danish State Church and the ecclesiastical figures representing it. He accuses bishops and pastors of corruption and hypocrisy and of distorting the Christian message. The need to expose the true situation of the State Church leads Kierkegaard to resort to incendiary language. He intends to undermine the authority of the church and force the reader to question obedience to the clergy, so that the reader may be able to recognize and appropriate the true Christianity of the New Testament. The question is whether his radical criticism is an incidental aberration or the logical conclusion and culmination of his thought. The interpretations of Kierkegaard's attack on the church vary widely. Although there are undeniable connections between his earlier and later writings, Kierkegaard's criticism of the church cannot be considered a mere restatement of positions previously defended. The issues addressed in the earlier and later writings reveal a multiplicity of evolving viewpoints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes the Apostolic Nuncios’ interventions in Brazil, the Holy See, and the episcopate in the Amazonian region to create new Catholic ecclesiastical circumscriptions between 1860 and 1930. The great territorial extension, the difficulties in the means of communication, the scarcity of clergy and resources, and the desire to optimize the religious assistance, counteract competing religions, and Christianize the indigenous people, justified the territorial dismemberment. These were political actions implemented as a result of specific interests of the Church and not as a consequence of a tacit alliance with the State. Our research sources were obtained in the Vatican Apostolic Archive and the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs. They enabled us to understand the pontifical representatives’ connections and projects and of the Holy See and their relations with the episcopate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, I focus on the practice of listening to tape-recorded sermons among contemporary Muslims in Egypt as an exercise of ethical self-discipline. I analyze this practice in its relation to the formation of a sensorium: the visceral capacities enabling of the particular form of Muslim piety to which those who undertake the practice aspired. In focusing on both the homiletic techniques of preachers and the traditions of ethical audition that inform the contemporary practice of sermon listening, I explore how sermon listeners reconstruct their own knowledge, emotions, and sensibilities in accord with models of Islamic moral personhood. Normative models of moral personhood grounded in Islamic textual and practical traditions provide a point of reference for the task of ethical self-improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During decades Brazilian Pentecostal Evangelicals avoided at any cost to involve in politics, as it was considered dirty and unworthy of Christians. However, for some years now, it is great the involvment of Pentecostal leaders in politics. Many candidates to public positions present themselves as "Pastor So and So" as a way to call the attention of Evangelical voters. One of the first Brazilian Pentecostal leaders to speak openly about politics was Manoel de Mello e Silva (1929-1990), known as Manoel de Mello, who was founder of the Evangelical Pentecostal Church O Brasil para Cristo -- Brazil for Christ (BfC). This article intends to present critically the historical context of the organization of BfC and the political involvement of Manoel de Mello, with emphasis on his concerning regarding Human Rights, considering it is still rare the academical research on the model of Pentecostalism in Brazil of which BfC is representative, and it is even lesser the research of this Pentecostal branch in the perspective of its political speech. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The expression. “brethren vote for brethren” is famous among evangelical Christians and, according to a report on Globo’s G1 website, there was in 2020 a growth in the number of candidates who competed for election that year using religious titles. In the dispute for Recife’s mayor there were some controversies involving the kind of religious, however, it was in the dispute for councilors that we saw that the brethren lost space for pastor in the chair of the City Council. The importance of this study lies mainly in the understanding of the concepts of secularism and how they can influence the political decisions of a city or even a country. Our objective being to problematize the evangelical advance in the municipal electoral dispute in Recife, to reflect and deepen the relationship between religion, republicanism and the public sphere in historical and conceptual terms and to analyze the relationship of candidates with religious titles and how much this has been reversed in electoral conquest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article addresses the latest incidents involving the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (hereinafter IURD or simply Universal Church) in Angola. More specifically, it analyzes the arrival of the aforementioned religious association in Angola, its growth, the outbreak of the crisis, the reasons evoked by dissident pastors and bishops, namely, the subordination of Angolan pastors to the detriment of Brazilian pastors, involuntary vasectomy, washing money, currency evasion, etc., and their legal and social implications for the IURD in Angola. To this end, we use approaches already made about the IURD, revisiting academic articles, books, newspapers and material broadcast in an investigative TV program, leading us to conclude that if the crimes imputed to the IURD are proven, it will have its license revoked by the Government of the Republic of Angola. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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