Entre rezas e esconjuros: aspectos da religiosidade popular em Palmas/PR, no início do século XX

Abstract

Popular religiosity is included as a major theme in this work. Attentive to be problematic for the historical context of the Palmas de Campos region at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century, in which, on the national scene, intensified to the colonization of the southwest of Paraná and on the general objective of the research aimed at analyze aspects of popular religiosity, experienced by segments of the local population, at a time when the Catholic Church invested in the Romanization of religion. The evidence base used as the main source is a 1907 resulting from criminal process of a practice of exorcism in Alegria town in the municipality of Palmas-PR. As research methodology, in addition to analyzing the criminal case joined newspaper clippings of print media commenting the event, thus promoting a dialogue through the intersection of sources. Through knowledge of microhistory and using the micro analysis enabled a greater sense of context, approaching the daily lives of individuals involved in the case to understand the experienced religious experiences.