Estudo dos símbolos litúrgicos da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus : indícios de uma prática híbrida.

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the liturgical symbols of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God as a evidence of a hybrid practice. With liturgical symbols refers to all the elements that take part in worship, like images, names of gods, practices and objects used during the meetings. To do it, it will be explored issues relating to religious symbols and their function, to show how these are submitted to a process of appropriation and reinterpretation to enter in the cult of the church. It will try to elucidate the process by which the church use a collection of imaginary of its members that find its origin in other religious traditions, specifically in the AfricanBrazilian and Catholic. Finally the worship will be presented as the pole that catalyses the elements explained before.