The Sixth Sense and Friday the 13th: Narratives from the Universal Church in a Television Program Rede Record in Portugal

Authors

  • Marco Túlio Sousa Author Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais
  • Donizete Rodrigues Author Professor do Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade da Beira Interior

Keywords:

Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, Portugal, media, narrative theory, religiosity (Source, Unesco Thesaurus).

Abstract

This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the participation of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in the media in Portugal and how this Brazilian denomination is related to Portuguese society and religious specificities. For the analysis, five editions of Sixth Sense (TV UCKG in Portugal) were selected, in which there are references to Friday the 13th, a date full of mysticism in popular Catholicism. Based on the narrative theory of Paul Ricoeur, a content analysis of the programs in which it uncovered the cosmology ofthe Neo-Pentecostal church: a "world" where opposing forces, representing good and evil, fighting between yes to master / save people; magic and spiritualist religions are evil ruler agents, while the UCKG is the agent of good, salvation.

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Author Biographies

Marco Túlio Sousa, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais

Professor do Departamento de Comunicação Social da Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Mestre em Comunicação Social pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Graduado em Jornalismo pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF).

Donizete Rodrigues, Professor do Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade da Beira Interior

Professor do Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal. Doutor em Antropologia social pela Universidade de Coimbra. Associado em Antropologia, com Agregação em Sociologia

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Published

2014-12-04

How to Cite

Sousa, M. T., & Rodrigues, D. (2014). The Sixth Sense and Friday the 13th: Narratives from the Universal Church in a Television Program Rede Record in Portugal. Palabra Clave, 18(2). Retrieved from https://palabraclave.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/palabraclave/article/view/4735

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2015)

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