TRAJETÓRIA DO ESPIRITISMO NO ESTADO DO ESPÍRITO SANTO Vitória 2014

Abstract

This dissertation intent to present the Spiritism’s trajectory within the Espírito Santo State in Brazil. Thus, its raison d’être is based on the role of the Spiritism at the capixaba soil, it also explores the context and facts that preceded the Spiritism, its birth as a doctrine, its initial consolidation in Europe and insertion in Brazil, following by its representation in Espírito Santo, its formation as a spiritist religious field capixaba, as well as the consolidation of a capixaba spiritist movement and its actors. The choice of such research object and its relevance is due its originality at the State, giving the opportunity to surpass the bibliographical gap regarding this theme in the field and, concomitantly, being used as a reference for future research. Using an bibliographical and historical approach, the present work, had as a theoretical references the socio anthropological studies of Marion Aubrée and François Laplantine; Zêus Wantuil and Francisco Thiesen; Cândido Procópio F. de Camargo; Pierre Bourdieu; Palhano Júnior and Edmar Thiengo. Describing the Spiritism saga at the State, the research noticed that the trajectory of the Spiritism at the State of Espírito Santo took place through a history of resistance, persecutions and conquests, searching for a united movement with a considerable growing of adepts year after year.