O católico ideal: cultura do imaterial e estética classicista no “Portal dos Arautos do Evangelho”

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The present research aims to investigate the communication relationship found between cyber culture and religion in face of the new digital communication technologies. Therefore, we chose Catholic section called Heralds of the Gospel (Arautos do Evangelho) and its presence in cyberspace. In this context, our objective is to analyze the transformation of the language of the Heralds of the Gospel and the resources used by the group to relate to their audience in cyberspace and if there is an attempt to create an environment for a non- corporeal subject. Our hypotheses considered that this religious movement seeks to stimulate the immaterial culture through the use of elements of classicist aesthetics in cyberspace. To conduct the analysis we established as corpus the site of the movement on the Internet (www.arautos.org) from February 2011 to December 2012. The research used the scientific method, based on theoretical basis with a qualitative logic. The theoretical framework of the research used as conceptual foundation in the field of media theory, the works of Muniz Sodré, Norval Baitello Junior and Jesus Martín Barbero. Concerning to the contemporary studies and the socio-cultural ambience of the contemporary communities, the research used the studies of Zygmunt Bauman, Konrad Lorenz and Jean Baudrillard. On the topic of cyberculture, the research used the studies of Paul Virillo and Eugenio Trivinho. Concerning to studies on the religious phenomenon, the research used the studies of Mircea Eliade, Joseph Campbell and Vilén Flusser. For the purpose of a intersection between Media and Religion, the research used the studies of Alberto Klein and Jorge Miklos. Malena Safe Contrera contributed with her studies about mediosfera and its place in the religious imaginary. In order to obtain the base for analysis of the process of transcendence and awareness, the research used as a reference the contributions of Boris Cyrulnik and Antonio Damasio. Concerning to the theory of image the research sought assessments in the works of Norval Baitello Junior.