O fazer (ποιέω) (Mt 25,31-46) um projeto de resistência às injustiças do império romano

Abstract

The researching object of this thesis is the „to do‟ (ποιέω) to the marginalized as means of resistance to the Roman Empire injustices. It uses one diachronic methodological referential and a sociological analysis by the conflict bias and aims to carry out the exegetical tracking of the text of Matthew 25,31-46 and the social, economic and political context dominated by the own doing of the Roman Empire, through the pax romana and the patronage, which are opposed to the doing of the matean community, which resists and presents an alternative doing (ποιέω), prioritizing the action in favor of the hungry, thirsty, stranger, naked, sick and prisoner. Thus, the hypothesis to be demonstrated is that the 'to do' in favor of the marginalized is a project of resistance of the community of Matthew, front to the injustices and to the exploitations practiced by the „to do‟ of the Roman Empire. Therefore, this study is relevant because it seeks to understand the „to do‟ as an experience of care and support for the marginalized, not as mere welfare, but as means of resisting to the impositions and injustices, and even counteracting the 'to do' of a powerful empire. Nowadays, this reflection can provide a framework that illuminates human existence towards a community and solidarity experience, since this reality of exploitation and inequality are ills of yesterday and today, lived by human society