https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/6655 2026-08-01T13:27:16Z 2026-08-01T13:27:16Z Santos, Gustavo Matos https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25636 2026-07-22T19:19:50Z 2026-07-02T00:00:00Z

Título: Religião, política e controvérsias: o caso do Círio de Nazaré nas eleições de 2022 Autor(es): Santos, Gustavo Matos Abstract: This dissertation examines the relationship between religion and politics in contemporary Brazil through an analysis of the controversies sparked by then-President Jair Bolsonaro's participation in the Círio de Nazaré festival in Belém do Pará in October 2022, at the height of the election campaign. The episode is understood as a nexus of controversy in which historical, theological, political, economic, and identity-related threads intersect. The overall objective is to critically examine the use of this religious festival in the 2022 electoral context. To this end, three specific objectives are articulated: to reflect theoretically on the concepts of historical and cultural process, controversy, and religious and public spaces; to understand the historical and cultural process of the Círio from its emergence in the eighteenth century to its political use in 2022; and to analyze the political-religious controversies that emerged during the festival in 2022. The theoretical framework draws on the notions of historical and cultural process developed by Marshall Sahlins and John B. Thompson, the approaches to controversy proposed by Bruno Latour, Pierre Bourdieu, Francis Chateauraynaud, and Paula Montero, and the debate on religious and public spaces based on Jürgen Habermas and the Brazilian authors Patrícia Birman, Emerson Giumbelli, Paula Montero, and Ari Pedro Oro. Methodologically, this study is grounded in the qualitative paradigm, adopts an instrumental case study design, and is based on document analysis of news reports, official statements, social media posts, and audiovisual records. The central hypothesis is that the Círio functions as a dense symbolic form whose analysis makes it possible to observe broader transformations in the relationship between religion and the public sphere in Brazil, where state secularism does not imply absolute separation, but rather a complex interplay of arrangements and everyday negotiations. It is concluded that the 2022 Círio episode constituted a limit event in which the boundaries between religion and politics proved porous and contested, revealing internal fissures within Catholicism, competition among religious groups, and the agency of the faithful as collective actors capable of reacting to attempts to impose a political framing on their ritual.

2026-07-02T00:00:00Z Trindade, Gilterlan Celestino https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25446 2026-07-09T17:57:18Z 2026-04-30T00:00:00Z

Título: Njila, o senhor dos caminhos: Exu no Candomblé Angola em Aracaju Sergipe Autor(es): Trindade, Gilterlan Celestino Abstract: This dissertation investigates the manifestations and meanings of the cult of Exu in Candomblé Angola in Sergipe, based on the case study of the Nzo Águas da Penha terreiro, located in the Santa Maria neighborhood, in the city of Aracaju. Originally conceived as a comparative study between Candomblé and Umbanda, the work was reoriented due to field conditions, focusing empirically on Candomblé Angola and using Umbanda as a theoretical comparative reference. The research problem guiding the investigation is: how is the cult of Exu manifested and signified in Candomblé Angola in Aracaju-Sergipe, and how does this manifestation dialogue or create tensions with the representations of Exu in Umbanda as described in the specialized bibliography? The central hypothesis argues that, in Candomblé Angola, Exu is not primarily understood as an entity but as a relational cosmological principle called Njila or Pambu Njila, which operates as a condition of possibility for movement, communication, and existence itself, while its manifestation as catiço represents a layer of mediation closer to the human realm. The research is theoretically grounded in the anthropology of religion, engaging with the studies of Roger Bastide, Reginaldo Prandi, Vagner Gonçalves da Silva, Stefania Capone, and Marcio Goldman. The methodology is qualitative and ethnographic, based on participant observation carried out over approximately two years at the researched terreiro and on semi-structured interviews with three subjects, all faithful members of the Candomblé Angola terreiro Nzo Águas da Penha: the religious leader Mam’etu Monaciledomim (Jaciara Chagas); the priest Kumlenbelê (Robert), Tat'etu de Nkisi; and the daughter of the house Kafilandeji (Sara), Mam'etu de Nkisi. The analysis of the empirical material is organized into three chapters, corresponding to the three specific objectives: the cosmovision of Candomblé Angola and the structural place of Njila; the religious trajectories and different modes of relationship with the mediating entities; and the dialogues and tensions between the cult of Exu in Candomblé Angola and in Umbanda. The results indicate that the Candomblé Angola of Nzo Águas da Penha preserves a relational ontology in which Exu, as a principle of movement, is not reduced to binary moral categories of good and evil, unlike the process of moralization observed in Umbanda. The research also highlights the centrality of female ancestry and the reemergence of the feminine principle of Exu through the Pombagiras, especially Maria Padilha, who leads the mediating entities in the house. It concludes that Candomblé Angola in Sergipe, far from being extinct or forgotten, persists in a guarded manner, remaining alive through networks of oral transmission, ritual practices, and daily resistance to religious racism.

2026-04-30T00:00:00Z Sacramento, Wendson Santos do https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/24758 2026-03-12T19:32:21Z 2026-01-30T00:00:00Z

Título: A (in)visibilidade das religiões afro-brasileiras no ensino religioso: análise das narrativas de docentes em São Cristóvão, Sergipe Autor(es): Sacramento, Wendson Santos do Abstract: This research investigates the suppression of Afro-Brazilian religiosity in the Religious Education Curriculum of Sergipe (2018), taking the National Common Core Curriculum (BNCC) as a normative reference. The study is based on the assumption that the construction of this curricular component is a field of power struggles between the State, the Catholic Church, and other hegemonic religious institutions, resulting in the oppression and erasure of certain traditions. The main objective is to analyze the aforementioned document in light of Law No. 10,639/2003, which makes the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history and culture mandatory, promoting reflection aimed at cultural repair and combating discrimination and religious intolerance. Methodologically, a qualitative approach is adopted, using content analysis (Bardin) to examine the curriculum and hermeneutic-dialectical analysis (Minayo) to interpret teaching narratives, in order to understand how they reproduce or contest the coloniality of power and knowledge. The theoretical framework is based on Latin American Decolonial Theory (Quijano, Mignolo, Walsh) to denaturalize Eurocentric epistemology, and on Social Representation Theories from a cultural history perspective (Chartier) to analyze the (in)visibility of subalternized religious identities. The research, situated in the field of Religious Studies, aims to foster discussion on ethnic-racial issues and religious racism, contributing to a truly egalitarian educational policy.

2026-01-30T00:00:00Z Araujo, Sigelman Silva de https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/23551 2025-10-16T19:26:58Z 2025-09-18T00:00:00Z

Título: Apolônio de Tiana: mistico,sábio, homem divino Autor(es): Araujo, Sigelman Silva de Abstract: This research aims to understand Flavius Philostratus' narratives about Apollonius of Tyana in "The Life of Apollonius of Tyana" as a wise, mystical, and divine man, within the religious, sociocultural, and political context of late antiquity. And how could a man with these narrated prerogatives, a thaumaturge, not have his name reverberated through the centuries? This question arises due to the similarity of the narratives attributed to him and Jesus of Nazareth, which involve miraculous acts, teachings, and thaumaturgical actions. The dissertation is based on the narratives of Philostratus, a Greek sophist, in his work "The Life of Apollonius of Tyana" (VA). Through this work, Semíramis Corsi Silva wrote an article on Apollonius as a sophist (wise man), and Gabriele Cornelli wrote a doctoral thesis analyzing Apollonius as a divine man. This study also examines the work of Bart Eherman, which dissects the historical context that led Christians to consider Jesus as God. With the spread of the Life of Apollonius, some admirers of Apollonius and followers of Jesus drew comparisons between the two figures. To this end, Chapter I will address the literary genre of "The Life of Apollonius of Tyana," leading the reader to a better understanding that the Life of Apollonius is a biographical narrative with fictional overtones and may not refer to the historical Apollonius. The second chapter will address Apollonius's life, providing an understanding of him as a wise and divine man according to the narratives, weaving together historical information, key works, key followers, and his relevance in Greek culture. Chapter III addresses the mystical side of the Life of Apollonius, the esoteric nature of his teachings, alchemy, his influences (Hermes, Pythagoras, Greek civic religion, mystery cults), and Apollonius's reception in contemporary esoteric groups that preserve his memory. Continuing with Chapter IV, the research presents why Jesus' name was more remembered than Apollonius' over the centuries, the rise of Christianity, the exaltation of Jesus as a god, and conflicts between the followers of Apollonius and Jesus. Finally, according to the hagiography of the time and the narratives of Flavius Philostratus, Apollonius was considered a mystic, wise, and divine, and also addresses some aspects of the forgotten name of Apollonius of Tyana.

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