De corações de pedra a corações de carne : algumas considerações sobre a conversão de bandidos a igrejas evangélicas pentecostais
By: TEIXEIRA, Cesar Pinheiro
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ArticlePublisher: Rio de Janeiro : IESP / UERJ, 2011Online resources: Acesso Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais 54, 3, p. 449-478Abstract: This article discusses several elements that allow understanding the conversion of bandits to Pentecostal Evangelical churches. The empirical material consisted basically of interviews with individuals who had lived a life of crime before converting to some Pentecostal denomination. The analysis is based on the idea of criminal subjection meaning the social construction of the bandit as a subject. Criminal subjection is highlighted in the narratives of conversion. The study thus provides elements for understanding the construction of two identities that are strikingly present on the poor outskirts of Brazilian metropolitan areas and that constitute an important part of their daily reality: the bandit and the believer.
This article discusses several elements that allow understanding the conversion of bandits to Pentecostal Evangelical churches. The empirical material consisted basically of interviews with individuals who had lived a life of crime before converting to some Pentecostal denomination. The analysis is based on the idea of criminal subjection meaning the social construction of the bandit as a subject. Criminal subjection is highlighted in the narratives of conversion. The study thus provides elements for understanding the construction of two identities that are strikingly present on the poor outskirts of Brazilian metropolitan areas and that constitute an important part of their daily reality: the bandit and the believer.
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