O protestantismo cristão na cidade de Antenor Navarro: disputa por um espaço de evangelização.

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the clashes between Catholics and Protestants in the city of São João do Rio do Peixe. The period analyzed is the decade of 1930, the time of the arrival of Protestants in the municipality, and a period that also portrays the renamed Antenor Navarro (1932-1989), a tribute paid to the current auditor of the State of Paraíba. In order to carry out this study, we used main research documents: bibliographical and documentary sources. on one First, we will analyze the insertion of Protestantism in Brazil and the conflicts generated between the Catholic Church and the new model of religious practice. In a second At this point we bring to the discussion the importance that the Catholic institution will the colonization of the sertao, through the sesmaria system and, for this, we will use with Based on this analysis, the construction of the Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary in Vila São John, space and symbol of prestige and influence for the passage to the category of city. And closing our analysis, we will bring the missionary activity of Pastor Vicente Guedes Duarte and his search for a space of evangelization.