Para que todos sejam um - o estilo batista de ser e a questão ecumênica : retrocessos e avanços no discurso ecumênico brasileiro

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the meanings referred by the faithful of the Brazilian Baptist Convention to the notion of ecumenism. The adopted theoretical framework was the Theory of Social Representations proposed by Serge Moscovici and Denise Jodelet. We focus studies to better know from the principle that characterizes the representation as a form of practical knowledge linking an individual to an object, which \ like to think (the) Baptist Church's faithful, "from its place" on the ecumenical practice. We supposed that the established practices raise and flourish in a non-crystallized space-time continuum, influenced by sociocultural dynamics that may follow, disobey or change rules defined by hegemonic agents (institutions, market, and other). Using questionnaires specifically developed for the study, we searched to assess opinions related elaborated by them are defined in the articulation of established by them in the articulation of his conduct as a faithful Baptist Church and ecumenical practice by means of the “objetivation” and “anchior” process.