Entre a capela e a catedral: tensões e reinvenções da identidade religiosa na experiência do protestantismo histórico atual

Abstract

The paper analyzes the changes occurring in the mainline Protestant churches religious field current. From the analysis of a case study in a historic church in Rio de Janeiro, the research seeks to understand which elements can be identified in the religious experience of this community, which indicate trannformações in their religious identity. The reflection part of a discussion of the notion of Pentecostalization, Which in the context of the religious evangelical, has been used as an element that symbolizes the struggle between identity groups linked to historical Protestantism and Pentecostal movements. The text makes an analysis on the tensions between traditional groups, linked to what was here called Protestant intelligentsia, which makes use of the term as accusatory category, ie Pentecostalization for these sectors would be akind of degeneration of the tradition of the historic churches. The research aims to rethink this category that appears in the religious field, discussing the theoretical aspects of the charge to the Pentecostals and their influence on the field as a religious magic that is faced by religion in this intellectualized historical tradition of Protestantism. The notion of Pentecostalization used in this research indicates that beyond this dichotomy magic (Pentecostal) and religion (historical), there are important changes in the evangelical religious identity, where the historic churches are talking and redefining the matrix elements for the purpose of Pentecostal resignficar these practices to diaolgar with the changes in the evangelical field day, especially given the growth of the Pentecostal movement.