“Blow the trumpet among the nations”: the Day of the Evangelicals and the construction of a public culture

Authors

  • Frank Antonio Mezzomo Unespar, Campo Mourão
  • Cristina Satie de Oliveira Pataro Unespar, Campo Mourão
  • Lara Pazinato Nascimento Unespar, Campo Mourão
  • Lucas Alves da Silva Unespar, Campo Mourão
  • Brandon Lopes dos Anjos Unespar, Campo Mourão

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1982-6605.2020v17n2.50297

Abstract

This article analyses the “Day of the Evangelicals”, an event held in Campo Mourão (PR), problematising how evangelical groups have been articulating themselves to become recognised as members and constituents of Brazilian public culture. Through the observation of the event, the collecting of materials such as photos, notes in a field diary, audio recordings of the speeches of the preachers, and interviews with participants of the celebration, it was possible to perceive elements that are part of the strategies and the modus operandi of evangelicals to ensure recognition in the public space. We note that the process of secularisation of public spaces, as it was thought from the republican ideal, has been assuming other characteristics in the Brazilian soil, in which religion advances and starts to be a part of and gain legitimacy in the public scene.

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Author Biographies

Frank Antonio Mezzomo, Unespar, Campo Mourão

Doutor em História (UFSC). Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar Sociedade e Desenvolvimento e do Mestrado em História Pública da Unespar, Campus de Camo Mourão.

Cristina Satie de Oliveira Pataro, Unespar, Campo Mourão

Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar Sociedade e Desenvolvimento (PPGSeD) e do Mestrado em História Pública (PPGHP) da Universidade Estadual do Paraná, Campus de Campo Mourão. Doutora em Educação (USP).

Lara Pazinato Nascimento, Unespar, Campo Mourão

Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar Sociedade e Desenvolvimento da Universidade Estadual do Paraná, Campus de Campo Mourão.

Lucas Alves da Silva, Unespar, Campo Mourão

Mestrando do Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar Sociedade e Desenvolvimento (PPGSeD/Unespar).

Brandon Lopes dos Anjos, Unespar, Campo Mourão

Graduando em História na Universidade Estadual do Paraná, campus de Campo Mourão.

Published

2021-02-03

How to Cite

MEZZOMO, Frank Antonio; PATARO, Cristina Satie de Oliveira; NASCIMENTO, Lara Pazinato; SILVA, Lucas Alves da; ANJOS, Brandon Lopes dos. “Blow the trumpet among the nations”: the Day of the Evangelicals and the construction of a public culture. Religare, [S. l.], v. 17, n. 2, p. 651–672, 2021. DOI: 10.22478/ufpb.1982-6605.2020v17n2.50297. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/religare/article/view/50297. Acesso em: 20 jun. 2026.