Rastros e rostos do protestantismo brasileiro: uma historiografia de mulheres

• Ano de defesa: 2008
• Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Margarida Fátima Souza
• Orientador(a): Wirth, Lauri Emilio
• Banca de defesa: Rosado-nunes, Maria José Fontelas , Mesquita, Zuleica de Castro Coimbra , Souza, Sandra Duarte de , Cunha, Magali do Nascimento
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Metodista de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: PÓS GRADUAÇÃO EM CIÊNCIAS DA RELIGIÃO
• Departamento: 1. Ciências Sociais e Religião 2. Literatura e Religião no Mundo Bíblico 3. Práxis Religiosa e Socie
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Mulheres; Protestantismo Brasileiro; Metodismo; Visibilidade Ocultamento; Protagonismo
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Women; Brazilian Protestantism; Methodism; Visibility; Concealment; Protagonist
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS
• Link de acesso: http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/491

This research deals with women who are active in so-called historical Protestantism, principally related to the Methodist Church of Brazil. The work intends to make visible lay women and their networks, generally informal, of articulation, and call to attention their role in the constitution of these communities of faith. It deals with an aspect little explored in investigations regarding Protestantism in Brazil that, when dealt with, is often restricted to certain feminine icons. The principle focus of the work is restricted to the period from 1930, the year in which the Methodist Church in Brazil became an independent institution and formally separated itself from its historical beginning point in the EUA, until 1970/71, when Methodist women were first admitted as clergy, or, in other words, the ordination of women as pastors. Beyond discussing bibliographic production, principally in the area of the history of Protestantism, the research is based in primary sources such as bulletins, denominational journals, reports of events, correspondence, and information contained in a variety of sources. The primary theoretical reference is the micro-history, as a search for highlighting the forgotten characters and revealing the narratives that had been hidden by the official history. Beyond making more visible the actuation of women in Brazilian Protestantism, silenced both in institutional memory and in historiography in its various expressions, the research intends to contribute to a critical evaluation of the mentality of women regarding their action in the religious field, between adaptation to dominant cultural standards and traces of autonomous thought in the light of specific demands.(AU)