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A Escola Bíblica Sueca Word of Life E a Igreja Brasileira Encontros De Fé: Uma Experiência “Aquém” Das Expectativas Brasileiras Mariana Reinisch Picolotto A ESCOLA BÍBLICA SUECA WORD OF LIFE E A IGREJA BRASILEIRA ENCONTROS DE FÉ: UMA EXPERIÊNCIA “AQUÉM” DAS EXPECTATIVAS BRASILEIRAS Porto Alegre 2016 1 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL INSTITUTO DE FILOSOFIA E CIÊNCIAS HUMANAS PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ANTROPOLOGIA SOCIAL A Escola Bíblica sueca Word of Life e a Igreja Brasileira Encontro de Fé: Uma experiência transnacional "aquém" das expectativas brasileiras Mariana Reinisch Picolotto Dissertação de Mestrado em Antropologia Social, apresentada como requisito para a obtenção do título de Mestre em Antropologia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Orientador: Prof. Dr. Ari Pedro Oro PORTO ALEGRE 2016 2 CIP - Catalogação na Publicação Picolotto, Mariana Reinisch A Escola Bíblica sueca Word of Life e a Igreja Brasileira Encontro de Fé: Uma experiência transnacional "aquém" das expectativas brasileiras / Mariana Reinisch Picolotto. -- 2016. 185 f. Orientador: Ari Pedro Oro. Dissertação (Mestrado) -- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social, Porto Alegre, BR-RS, 2016. 1. Transnacionalização. 2. Religião. 3. Redes. 4. Escola Bíblica. I. Oro, Ari Pedro , orient. II. Título. Elaborada pelo Sistema de Geração Automática de Ficha Catalográfica da UFRGS com os dados fornecidos pelo(a) autor(a). Mariana Reinisch Picolotto A Escola Bíblica sueca Word of Life e a Igreja Brasileira Encontro de Fé: Uma experiência transnacional "aquém" das expectativas brasileiras Dissertação de Mestrado em Antropologia Social, apresentada como requisito parcial para a obtenção do título de Mestre pelo Programa de Pós- Graduação em Antropologia Social da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Orientador: Prof. Dr. Ari Pedro Oro Aprovado em: 31 de maio de 2016 BANCA EXAMINADORA __________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Daniel Alves __________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Valdir Pedde __________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Marcelo Tadvald Porto Alegre, 2016 3 Agradecimentos A realização desta pesquisa contou com a colaboração e apoio de aparelhos institucionais e das relações sociais construídas ao longo de uma vida, que nos ajudam em momentos difíceis e comemoram os momentos alegres. Eu gostaria de, neste espaço, manifestar a minha gratidão a todos que fizeram parte desta pesquisa direta ou indiretamente. Primeiramente, gostaria de agradecer aos Pastores da igreja Encontros de Fé, Isaías Figueiró e Christian Lo Iacono, por terem cedido o campo de pesquisa e terem me aceito tão generosamente por seis anos e pela confiança depositada no meu trabalho. Gostaria de agradecer a CAPES, pela bolsa de mestrado concedida através do Programa de Antropologia Social da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (PPGAS/UFRGS). Agradeço especialmente ao professor Ari Oro que me orientou durante toda a pesquisa, que teve início na graduação e continuou no mestrado, e que “abriu o campo” de pesquisa possibilitando a minha primeira inserção no campo transnacional pentecostal. Muito obrigada por trazer luz nos momentos difíceis da pesquisa e pelas discussões que o campo trazia constantemente. Gostaria de agradecer ao NER (Núcleo de Estudos da Religião) por abrir espaço para discussões a cerca do campo religioso e por unir alunos e professores num espaço de colaboração e discussões. Agradeço as colegas e amigas de mestrado que estiveram presentes nos momentos difíceis e alegres, com especial carinho a Eleonora Bacchi, sempre atenciosa e presente, e a Helena Fietz. À amizade, carinho e preocupação das minhas queridas amigas Susana Soares, Paula Delazzana, Cris, Ana Maria Fornari, Amanda Nascimento da Silva. Sem a vossa amizade eu não teria conseguido. À minha querida família nuclear, minha mãe - Karla Reinisch – e meu pai – Marcelo Picolotto – que me ensinaram a importância de estudar, de pensar e questionar a sociedade; as minhas irmãs – Luana e Kunti -, e maninho Arthur, que sempre me apoiaram e acreditaram. E que nos momentos de stress me proporcionaram calma e alegria. A eles, que me ensinaram o valor da vida e das relações sociais, meu eterno obrigada. Agradeço aos meus queridos sogros Elaine Piccoli e Sergio Piccoli pelo carinho, apoio e compreensão durante todo o processo. Ao meu amado companheiro, Lorenzo Piccoli, que segurou a minha mão tão amorosamente e pacientemente em todos os momentos desta pesquisa, nos meus caminhos acadêmico e pessoal. Ele foi fundamental para o desenvolvimento e escrita desta pesquisa. Esteve sempre presente me ajudando a clarear minhas dúvidas e trazendo outras para eu pensar. Obrigada amor! 4 Gratidão a todos! 5 RESUMO O presente trabalho tem como objetivo compreender as motivações para a formação de uma parceria entre o líder pentecostal brasileiro Isaías Figueiró, presidente e fundador da Igreja Encontros de Fé, situada em Porto Alegre, no Brasil, e sueco, o pastor Ulf Ekman, presidente e fundador da igreja Word of Life, situada em Uppsala, na Suécia. A parceria teve como escopo a implantação da escola bíblica Word of Life, fundada pelo pastor Ulf Ekman, em Porto Alegre. Embora tivesse sido pensada para durar dois anos, a escola foi finalizada ao término do primeiro ano. Em Porto Alegre, a escola contou com a presença permanente de um casal sueco e de outros onze professores volantes da Escandinávia. Esta experiência carregava consigo motivações e expectativas de ambas igrejas. O objeto deste trabalho consiste em compreender, a posteriori, os elementos presentes na formação da parceria transnacional de ambas as igrejas e, especialmente, entender o término da ação em torno da escola bíblica, cuja experiência consistiu num êxito relativo. Para desenvolver esta pesquisa foi utilizado o método etnográfico, que implicou em um sem número de participações em cultos celebrados na igreja Encontros de Fé e em várias entrevistas semi-dirigidas realizadas com os líderes da igreja Encontros de Fé, Isaías Figueiró e Christian Lo Iacono, com os alunos da escola e com o diretor da escola no Brasil, Calle Lilja e com o professor Roar Sørensen. Palavras-chave: Redes Transnacionais – Pentecostalismo – Escola Bíblica 6 ABSTRACT This research aims to understand the motivations that led to the formation of a partnership between the Brazilian Neopentecostal leader Isaías Figueiró of Encontros de Fé Church, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and the Swedish Pentecostal charismatic leader Ulf Ekman of Word of Life Church, in Uppsala, Sweden. This partnership scope took place to implant the Swedish Bible School Word of Life, founded by Ulf Ekman, in the city of Porto Alegre. Though, It was thought to stay for two years, it finished in one year. In Porto Alegre, the school had a permanent Swedish couple living in, and other eleven Swedish teachers coming and going. This experience carried motivations and expectations from both side of the agreement. The objetc of this work consists in to understand a posteriori the existing elements in forming the transnational partnership, and specially in understanding the end of this partnership, which consisted in a relative success. In order to develop this research, it was used the ethnographic method, that meant a countless number of participant observation in the Encontros de Fé church worships and events, and semi-structured interviews conducted with the pastor leaders of Encontros de Fé church, Isaías Figueiró, Christian Lo Iacono, some students, the principal of the bible School Word of Life in Brazil, Calle Lilja and the teacher Roar Sørensen. Keywords: Transnational network- Pentecostalism- Bible School 7 LISTA DE ILUSTRAÇÕES Figura 1 Birgitta Ekman, Isaías Figueiró, Ulf Ekman e Christian Lo Iacono…… 48 Figura 2 Entrada da Igreja Encontros de Fé……………………………………… 50 Figura 3 Fachada da entrada do Salão da Igreja Encontros de Fé……………….. 50 Figura 4 Pastor Isaías Figueiró no púlpito da Igreja Encontros de Fé…………… 58 Figura 5 Pastor Isaías e Pastor Christian pregando no culto de Domingo na 62 Igreja Encontros de Fé………………………………………………….. Figura 6 Culto da Igreja Encontros de Fé……………………………………….. 65 Figura 7 Pastor Ulf Ekman na igreja Word of Life em Uppsala…………………. 82 Figura 8 Igreja Word of Life, Uppsala…………………………………………… 86 Figura 9 Pastor Christian Lo Iacono traduzindo o Pastor Ulf Ekman na Igreja Encontros de Fé, na ocasião do congresso de Avivamento em março de 2011…………………………………………………………………….. 96 Figura 10 Sala de aula Escola Bíblica Word of Life na Igreja Encontros de Fé…... 104 Figura 11 Panfleto de promoção do Congresso de Avivamento de 2009 com a 105 presença de Ulf Ekman pela primeira vez no Brasil…………………… Figura 12 Disciplinas da Escola Bíblica Word of Life; página 7: Versículos a 108 serem memorizados por semana………………………………………... Figura 13 Formatura da Escola Bíblica na Igreja EF em 23 de Novembro de 2011 117 Figura 14 Disciplinas e suas bibliografias………………………………………… 143 Figura 15 Carlos Annacondia e Christian Lo Iacono abençoando o casal Figueiró no culto de comemoração de 25 anos de Aniversário em 16 de Dezembro de 2012……………………………………………………… 183 Figura 16 Prefeito de Porto Alegre, José Fortunati, parabenizando a igreja pelo 183 seu aniversário de 25 anos em 16 de Dezembro de 2012………………. Figura 17 Material de divulgação do Congresso de 2011 com a participação do 184 pastor Ulf Ekman na Igreja Encontros de Fé…………………………... 8 LISTA DE ABREVIATURAS e SIGLAS EF: Encontros de Fé WL: Word of Life EB: Escola Bíblica Word of Life EBWLB: Escola Bíblica
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