Espiritismo Kardecista em Erechim: formação de identidade e inserção no campo religioso

Abstract

This study aims to rescue the history of religions and religiosity with emphasis on spiritism in order to present the formation of the Spiritist group Irmão Rubem Siqueira in the county of Erechim. To do so, it develops a brief historical background of spiritism since its appearance in France with Allan Kardec until its arrival in Brazil where it was expanded. This work also highlights how spiritism was consolidated in Rio Grande do Sul and in which moment it arrived in the county of Erechim through the analysis of the emergence and consolidation of the first spiritist center that was formed in the city, The Spiritist Society Caminho da Luz, to finally analyze the formation of the Spiritist Group Irmão Rubem Siqueira, the second spiritist center of the count