AN EXAMINATION OF THE CENTER FOR STUDY ON RELIGION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM SCIENCE OF RELIGION AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENCES OF RELIGION

Abstract

This article will summarize the activities of the Center for Study on Rehqion, Culture and
 Society at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJ
 F) and its connection with the Social Sdences
 of Reh-ion area of concentration, which is part of the postgraduate program in Science of Religion
 (PPCIR). It will examine the changes that occurred in the area of concentration and in the research
 center - changes in structure, curriculum and lire of reseamh - leading to its present configuration,
 in light of the trends and debates involving the fields of sociology and anthropology as related to
 the religious phenomenon in Brazil in its relationship to the interdisciplinary field of Science of
 Religion.