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"Prosperidade" na década de 1990: etnografia do compromisso de trabalho entre Deus e o fiel da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus

2008; UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO; Volume: 51; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0011-52582008000100001

1678-4588

Diana Nogueira de Oliveira Lima,

Urban and sociocultural dynamics

In the 1990s, when Brazil was experiencing trade opening, terms that were already dear to neo-liberal ideals such as competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and success slowly seeped into Brazilian society’s imagination. Meanwhile, there was a sharp rise in membership in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, which defends the Theology of Prosperity. In this article I examine information gathered through an ethnographic survey of worshippers at a UCKG congregation in Rio de Janeiro in order to expand the understanding of the aspirations, dispositions, and experiences of these lower-income social actors who chose to embrace this religious faith in the 1990s.