A Church in search of its citizenship

two hundred years of evangelical Lutheran church in Brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7213/2175-1838.16.001.DS06

Abstract

Lutheranism in Brazil was installed after the Imperial Constitution of independent Brazil admitted “acatholics” into the country, albeit with restrictions. These restrictions originated the first struggle for citizenship, focused on the rights of immigrants and their religious practice. After the world wars, the second struggle for citizenship implied ino longer assuming itself as “German church”, but as a Brazilian church, with all thel rights and duties arising therefrom. Following the Curitiba Manifesto (1970), in the midst of the military dictatorship, the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB) – the largest, but not only presence of Lutheranism in Brazil, being the focus of this article – started to participate more and more in the public sphere, with manifestations and actions, especially in education and diakonia. Being both confessional and ecumenical, it seeks to live out these dimensions in the midst of religious pluralism and political polarization. The present article is based on bibliographical and documentary research, especially concerning the period from 1985-2002, with subsequent updates, and theological analyses.

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Author Biography

Rudolf von Sinner, PUCPR | University of Stellenbosch

doutor e livre docente em Teologia Sistemática

Published

2024-05-09

How to Cite

von Sinner, R. (2024). A Church in search of its citizenship: two hundred years of evangelical Lutheran church in Brazil. Pistis Praxis, 16(1), 83–101. https://doi.org/10.7213/2175-1838.16.001.DS06