“Revesti-vos do homem novo”: um estudo sobre masculinidades no contexto da Renovação Carismática Católica

Abstract

This work aims to study the construction of gender identities─specifically the masculinities─of the Charismatic Renewal adepts, understanding how the meeting of the nuances of religious elements present in Catholicism, inside the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Sharing Group of Professionals─ or professionals of the kingdom─coincides in confrontation with the models of masculinity and sexuality from the occident─ mundane sayings - about sexual and gender behaviorofits members.To this purpose, was realized participative observation, using questionnaires and structured interviews with members of the Maceió’s Sharing Group of Professionals, which meets at the Catholic Charismatic Renewal head quarters of Alagoas.It was noticed a redefinition in majoritarian modelofmasculinity due to the appreciation of assets acquired in this religious context,without, however, fail to be an oscillation of values between which recommends the religion and the process of transformation and disintegration of the strict standards of sex and gender present in Occidental societies. Thus, it was possible to demonstrate that the professionals of the kingdom,inserted in the on text of modernity, have over influence did entities and perceive themselves in a manipulation game of the seidentity elements of fered by different sources disseminated in the social group.