The 60
’s
of 18
th
century was a busy period for Brazil, due to many factors internal
and external. The prohibition of the transatlantic slave trade in the previous
decade, for example, commanded the authorities to search for new alternatives
to meet the demand for workers in coffee plantations in São Paulo State and the
Vale do Paraíba. This provided the arrival of many immigrants coming from
Europe and United States. The US war of secession also contributed to this
agitation in the Brazilian scenario, since, along with immigrants, came different
worldviews of what has long been solidified in Brazil, seeking to put down roots
in brazilian lands. And they gave them thus a favorable scenario for the
intensification of relations of power, from the ideological debate that emerged
from this context. The arrival of Protestant missionaries and their proselytizing
activity could involve the commitment of political and social structures designed
to Brazil since its formation as an indep endent nation state in 1822. Given this
context, our argumentative work investigates how occurred these ideological
clashes around the Catholic and Protestant worldviews, from the secular
periodical press of the 1860
s
. How Protestantism was welcomed and represented
by these newspapers? In the name of which political projects are accused or
defended the ideas linked to Protestantism? What reverberations around this
ideological struggle? These are some of the concerns that have guided our
research and we have tried as possible to interpret the possible motivations that
encouraged the representations made about the social inclusion of Protestantism
in the Empire of Brazil during the second half of the nineteenth century.
The 60’s of 18th century was a busy period for Brazil, due to many factors internal
and external. The prohibition of the transatlantic slave trade in the previous
decade, for example, commanded the authorities to search for new alternatives
to meet the demand for workers in coffee plantations in São Paulo State and the
Vale do Paraíba. This provided the arrival of many immigrants coming from
Europe and United States. The US war of secession also contributed to this
agitation in the Brazilian scenario, since, along with immigrants, came different
worldviews of what has long been solidified in Brazil, seeking to put down roots
in brazilian lands. And they gave them thus a favorable scenario for the
intensification of relations of power, from the ideological debate that emerged
from this context. The arrival of Protestant missionaries and their proselytizing
activity could involve the commitment of political and social structures designed
to Brazil since its formation as an independent nation state in 1822. Given this
context, our argumentative work investigates how occurred these ideological
clashes around the Catholic and Protestant worldviews, from the secular
periodical press of the 1860s. How Protestantism was welcomed and represented
by these newspapers? In the name of which political projects are accused or
defended the ideas linked to Protestantism? What reverberations around this
ideological struggle? These are some of the concerns that have guided our
research and we have tried as possible to interpret the possible motivations that
encouraged the representations made about the social inclusion of Protestantism
in the Empire of Brazil during the second half of the nineteenth century.
