Beneficent Evangelic Society: cooperation among evangelic churches movement in Paraná

Authors

  • Agemir Carvalho Dias
  • Valdinei A. Ferreira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/his.v43i0.7866

Keywords:

evangélicos, saúde, cooperação, evangelic, health, cooperation

Abstract

This paper aims at identifying the cooperation origins established among evangelic churches from Curitiba. The evangelic cooperation origins come from North American missions and from the unionist movement. The Beneficent Evangelic Society creation, in 1943 and the Evangelic Pro-Hospital Campaign are the main support to the cooperation among evangelic churches of Curitiba. The campaigns to build the Evangelic Hospital show a complex social network. The evangelic community from Curitiba mobilized cultural and associative resources, as well as political contacts, to this project success. The Hospital building became part of the evangelic identity  self-construction. The Beneficent Evangelic Society is the modern and the philanthropic evangelic face in Paraná.

How to Cite

Dias, A. C., & Ferreira, V. A. (2005). Beneficent Evangelic Society: cooperation among evangelic churches movement in Paraná. História: Questões E Debates, 43(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/his.v43i0.7866

Issue

Section

Dossiê: Religião e sociedade: o espaço do sagrado no século XXI