Abstract
A Assembleia de Deus enfrentou uma série de pressões sociais relacionadas às mudanças que se processaram no Brasil na década de 1980: novos governos, nova Constituição, novos planos econômicos, novos movimentos políticos e manifestações culturais eram alguns dos elementos que direta ou indiretamente impunham novos desafios a essa Igreja na penúltima década do século XX. A Igreja, que até então mantivera uma postura de negação aos assuntos políticos, por julgar que esse tipo de tema pertencia estritamente ao plano terreno, recorreu a uma série de medidas para defender seus interesses e pontos de vista em uma nova conjuntura. O jornal Mensageiro da Paz teve, então, papel central como instrumento de propagação das suas mensagens. O artigo busca analisar as mensagens veiculadas nesse mensário por meio das quais a liderança assembleiana expressava seu descontentamento com os rumos políticos da nação brasileira e articulava a inserção de representantes da Igreja nas principais esferas políticas do país.
Highlights
The Assembleia de Deus (Assembly of God) experienced a lot of social pressure because of the changes that occurred in Brazil in the decade of 1980: new government, new constitution, new economic plans, new political movements and cultural events were some of the elements that directly or indirectly imposed new challenges to its church in the penultimate decade of the twentieth century
The journal Mensageiro da Paz had a central role as an instrument of propagation of the Church’s messages
This paper seeks to examine the messages of this monthly publication through which the assemblies leadership expressed their dissatisfaction with the political direction of the Brazilian nation and articulated the inclusion of representatives of the Church in the main political spheres of the country
Summary
The Assembleia de Deus (Assembly of God) experienced a lot of social pressure because of the changes that occurred in Brazil in the decade of 1980: new government, new constitution, new economic plans, new political movements and cultural events were some of the elements that directly or indirectly imposed new challenges to its church in the penultimate decade of the twentieth century.
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