Neopentecostalismo e empreendedorismo: prosperidade e mobilidade social: uma “nova” classe média?

Abstract

This doctoral thesis is the study of the theory of prosperity of the neo-pentecostal denomination of churches and in particular the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. The overall objective is to understand the theory of iurdiana prosperity provides access to a "new" social class, entrepreneurial. The specific objective is to understand the relationship between the spiritual capital and the trajectory of the faithful iurdiano entrepreneur to a "new" social class: the entrepreneurial middle class. For realization of our objectives was used qualitative methodology and intentional quantitative based on questionnaires, interviews and analysis of programs and religious events of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Ten interviews intentionally selected were analyzed. For the construction of the research object, we are relying on the theory of cultural reproduction of Pierre Bourdieu and empirical research conducted within the group in question. The choice of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God was made to be that one of the most important religious institutions and more faithful. We chose to study this issue in a specific region of São Paulo, the local Brás region of high concentration of neo-Pentecostal evangelicals and faithful of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God