DSpace Coleção:https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/66552026-07-10T01:01:26Z2026-07-10T01:01:26ZNjila, o senhor dos caminhos: Exu no Candomblé Angola em Aracaju SergipeTrindade, Gilterlan Celestinohttps://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/254462026-07-09T17:57:18Z2026-04-30T00:00:00ZTítulo: 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.2026-04-30T00:00:00ZA (in)visibilidade das religiões afro-brasileiras no ensino religioso: análise das narrativas de docentes em São Cristóvão, SergipeSacramento, Wendson Santos dohttps://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/247582026-03-12T19:32:21Z2026-01-30T00:00:00ZTítulo: 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.2026-01-30T00:00:00ZApolônio de Tiana: mistico,sábio, homem divinoAraujo, Sigelman Silva dehttps://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/235512025-10-16T19:26:58Z2025-09-18T00:00:00ZTítulo: 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.2025-09-18T00:00:00ZReligião e música: uma análise da fé e da experiência religiosa em canções da MPBSilva, Charles Henrique Ferreira dahttps://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/234502025-10-13T19:38:16Z2025-09-30T00:00:00ZTítulo: Religião e música: uma análise da fé e da experiência religiosa em canções da MPB
Autor(es): Silva, Charles Henrique Ferreira da
Abstract: This dissertation, entitled "Religion and Music: An Analysis of Faith and Religious Experience in MPB Songs," analyzes faith (a material object) and Brazilian popular music (a formal object and source for the study of religion), as an instrument of faith expression. Its
problematic seeks to answer how composers understand what they call faith. Through a theoretical-methodological discussion, after identifying a concept of faith in Mircea Eliade in
connection with Paul Tillich's concept of faith, we intend to contribute, through an articulated approximation of these concepts, to the understanding of the notion of faith and its typologies (Human Faith and Religious Faith in Popular Songs), as well as religious experience as
a category. Thus, in light of Eliade and Tillich as references for analyzing the songs – but
without making them arbitrary or superior instances for evaluating the type of faith ex- pressed
by the composers –, the aim is to show that, in the authors' concepts of faith, there is a
characteristic element in common, that being “creative freedom”, in which we will make a
connection with a creativity inspired poetically and artistically in the compositions of the
songs. Thus, we consider that religion and music, in a dimension of the human spirit culturally speaking, as well as in the existential and ontological dimensions, from the imaginary to
the symbolic that reveals the sacred, through expressions of faith in MPB, manifest a type of
revelation poetically inspired by the process of musical composition. Chapter 1 will present
the conceptual keys of faith in Tillich and Eliade concomitantly with musical art, in a theoretical-methodological discussion of the main authors, supported and mediated by secondary
ones in the realms of religion and its languages, in the phenomenological and philosophical
dynamics of religion. In chapter 2, we will analyze the songs by Zé Geraldo, "A fé" (from the
1984 album Sol Girassol) and Diogo Nogueira, "Fé em Deus" (from the 2007 album Poder da
Criação), in light of the concepts of faith and its typologies in Tillich and Fowler. Chapter 3
concludes the research by analyzing the context of religious experience in Eliade and Libânio,
presenting the hypotheses raised as a result of the reflections considered on the relationship
between Music and Religion, reverberated in the songs by the group O Rappa, "Anjos" (from
the 2013 album Nunca tem fim), Gustavo Miotto, "Melhor versão" (from the 2023 album
Melhor Versão), and Silvanno Salles/Grelo, "Só fé" (from the 2024 album Só fé).2025-09-30T00:00:00Z