The religious experiences in the mountains: an anthropological perspective of the prayer vigils of members of the charismatic renewal of Marília/SP

Abstract

After observations and reports of Prayer Groups Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) in Marilia / SP, it was found that some individuals reported having been touched by a power (Chauí, 2000) more intensively. Such episodes generated a point of tension emerged between the rules of conduct of the RCC and experiences told by those who had experienced uncontrollable. Then we can observe the emergence of groups that began to gather in meetings - called prayer vigils in the hills - made out of religious temple, a kind of escape from the control of events and in order to avoid strangeness with the institution site which were connected (or Parish Church). This research aims to understand these individuals and the meanings they attributed to these experiences that are experienced in the hills, although they say Catholic Charismatics, performatizam own rituals outside the Established Church. From the realization that the experience of the sacred is part of the anthropological experience, we hope to contribute to the study of new forms of belief and experience in contemporary religious phenomena.