Abstract

This article discusses the classification of the Pentecostal Church God Is Love (IPDA) within the Brazilian Pentecostal field. The discussion emerged from research on Neo- Pentecostal discourses directed toward trans and travesti people, in which the IPDA was initially classified as a Neo-Pentecostal denomination. The article aims to revisit Ricardo Mariano’s1 typology of Brazilian Pentecostalism and to examine the processes through which denominations belonging to different historical trajectories incorporate practices and discourses associated with Neo-Pentecostalism. Based on a bibliographical and theoretical discussion and on selected cases from the Brazilian religious field, the analysis draws on the contributions of Max Weber, Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault and Byung-Chul Han. The article argues that the IPDA should be understood historically as a second-wave Pentecostal denomination, while its incorporation of elements associated with Neo-Pentecostalism reveals a process of hybridisation within a competitive religious field. The discussion therefore highlights the importance of distinguishing between denominational classification and processes of transformation, appropriation and interaction among different Pentecostal traditions in contemporary Brazil.

Keywords

anthropology of religion, pentecostalism, neopentecostalism, brazil, religious field, pentecostal church god is love