“Acordamos, somos cidadãos”: os evangélicos e a constituição ética de si na relação com o político
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https://doi.org/10.51359/2525-5223.2019.241380Keywords:
pentecostalism, ethics, politics, believer-citizenAbstract
This paper aims to analyze the ethical self-constitution in rela-tion to the political among the young believers of Pastor Silas Malafaia ́s church, the Assembly of God Victory in Christ, in Rio de Janeiro. Taking into account the clashes that took place in the Brazilian public sphere on is-sues relating to sexual and reproductive rights which have placed on oppo-site sides leaders of Pentecostal churches and social movements, I say that ordinary faithful of these churches have received the moral responsibility to take a political stand in their everyday lives in the defense of themes dear to their value systems. ‘Believer is also a citizen’, says Malafaia to his followers and, therefore, ‘has to take a stand’. I intend to show, then, how the young people of this church assume this mission, especially in their uni-versities, defining their ethical conduct amidst the political tensions that have characterized Brazilian society today.
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