Taiwaneses protestantes em Mogi das Cruzes - a Igreja Presbiteriana de Formosa: um estudo de caso

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Natário, Silvia Maria Damasceno Ribeiro
• Orientador(a): Bitun, Ricardo
• Banca de defesa: Mariano, Ricardo , Gomes, Antonio Máspoli de Araújo
• 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: Centro de Educação, Filosofia e Teologia (CEFT)
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: taiwaneses; aculturação; protestantes; Igreja Presbiteriana de Formosa; Mogi das Cruzes
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS
• Link de acesso: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/25753

This work aims to analyze the composition of ethnicity and religious identity, which plays the unifying role of the group of Taiwanese protestant immigrants, who during half a century of acculturation and social interaction has been composing the scenario of cultural and religious diversity in City of Mogi of the Crosses in the State of São Paulo. This research has as object of study the Presbyterian Church of Formosa, composed mostly of Taiwanese emigrants to Brazil from Taiwan Island, who settled in the city of Mogi of the Crosses in the second half of the twentieth century. The analysis takes a historical approach to the formation of the Presbyterian Church of Formosa and its unfolding, with the dedication and work of the first six families who arrived in the municipality in 1963, responsible for the construction of the first temple in the neighborhood of Botujuru. The collective and priority concern for the preservation of the Protestant faith in Brazilian soil, guided the way of living of the group; Motivated by the hope of Brazil as a prosperous land, just as it was the land of Canaan for the Israelites.