Methodological reflections concerning the universal church kingdom of god

Abstract

This article proposes a reflection on the methodological aspects relating to the anthropological interpretation directed to the religious conversion experience by the members and attendees of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG). From A dialogue with the research trajectories of one of the authors, the developed discussion looks to identify scholarly consensus established around this experience, in order to question them and propose alternative analytical paths. In this sense, the UCKG and the occurring conversions in their rituals, are raised from the visions highlighted by the “others”, anthropologists and social scientists. The proposal of a methodological reflection is therefore directed to a question of anthropological interpretations, already consolidated in the imaginary national academic, upon the neo-Pentecostal religious conversion.