O corpo como espaço de louvor e adoração mediante a dança

Abstract

The object of this dissertation is the body, which praises and adores the Sacred through the dance. And for that object to be understood, a historical cutting of the body in the Judaism was made at first, later the body was put into discussion in a Greek dual vision, which still persists in our days. That body was also discussed, from the pentecostalism to the neopentecostalism, noticing that it is seen as a Temple of the Holy Spirit. Finally, knowledge about this body was sought in the perspective of a phenomenological approach. Speeches of 08 (eight) subjects, who experience the existence of the dance in their bodies in the evangelical cults, were collected. Besides the formal speeches, the help of informal ones and observations was used, concerning no predetermined styles of dance, but the existence and each subject's glance at the experience of placing their bodies to adore the Sacred. Starting with the collected speeches, guided by the interrogation "What is the body, which praises and adores God through the dance, like?", the understandings and reflections were tracked in search of knowing the body that dances with its own glances. The body that dances with other senses was looked at, and felt by people who are considered to be worshipers in the evangelical cults. Thus, according to the foundations of the phenomenological research, a particular perspective was sought; completely hermeneutic in a certain moment; the studied phenomenon was observed, searching for a deeper analysis of the universe essence in question.