“Somos as ovelhas coloridas do Senhor!” uma análise sociológica acerca da vivência homossexual em uma igreja inclusiva

Abstract

This work has the goal of learning about the homosexual experience inside the Inclusive Missionary Church – the first inclusive community of Alagoas located in the district of Poço, in the city of Maceió. Looking at some aspects of a christian morality, this work, through the usage of a case study, problematizes the human conflicts that exist inside the denomination and the process of building of its identity. As of the moral aspect, it is possible to perceive that the speech of the church shows a view of social adequacy, in an attempt of teaching a new perception about the homosexuality. This new perception, a sanctified one, guides the action of the individuals inside this space. The frequent search for social acknowledgment keeps the social actors of this church adapting their actions, all the time, to a christian worldview, reproducing, in many aspects, elements of a heteronormative segment, but meanwhile unlinking themselves from a biological-determinist discourse. Therefore it is possible to see as much elements of control of bodies and behaviors as means of sexual emancipation, especially with the belief of the freedom-of-speech, of the construction of emotional relationships guided by a matter of intimate preference.