O protestantismo na capital de São Paulo: a Igreja Presbiteriana Jardim das Oliveiras

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Guedes, Ivan Pereira
• Orientador(a): Pereira, João Baptista Borges
• Banca de defesa: Gomes, Antônio Máspoli de Araújo , Dawsey, John Cowart
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Ciências da Religião
• Departamento: Religião
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: protestantismo; presbiterianos; ruptura; conservador; liberal; Progressista; Rev. José Borges dos Santos Jr.; Igreja Presbiteriana Jardim das Oliveiras
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: protestants; presbyterians; break; Rev. José Borges dos Santos Jr.; Presbyterian Church Garden of Olives
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS
• Link de acesso: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/25604

This dissertation examines the deployment of Protestantism in the state capital, through one of its branches Presbyterianism. The study focuses on the establishment of the Central Presbyterian Church Garden of Olives, where through the literature and documentary focuses in Presbyterianism and its operations in the city of São Paulo. Protestantism is established in Brazil so incipient in the late nineteenth century through the early missionaries who came here with the purpose of establishing its various ramifications generated by the reform movement of the sixteenth century. A set of economic, social and judicial greatly facilitated the Protestant Gospel message found good acceptance among Brazilians, mainly arising between the liberal elite of the republican regime. At the turn of the twentieth century the City of St. Paul plays a predominant role in driving the development guidelines and policies of the country and Protestantism with its progressive message rises this locomotive and enjoy a positive opportunities that are available and establish strong communities in the capital and surroundings. But Presbyterianism shares the same divisive symptom of his peers retired and soon experienced its first internal divisions. In 1903 occurs the first major division, resulting in two denominations: the Presbyterian Church of Brazil and the Independent Presbyterian Church. A few years later, this second term simultaneous experiences two divisions: the Conservative Presbyterian Church and the Christian Church of St. Paul (1942). The Presbyterian Church Garden of Olives is also the result of a process dividing the ecclesiastical history of the United Presbyterian Church of Sao Paulo. In this research takes place there is an effort to explain the reasons and motivations that contributed most to the formation of a Presbyterian church in the city center and its efforts to establish itself. We highlight the charismatic person of Rev. Joseph Borges dos Santos Jr. who initiated, conducted and concluded this process separatist.