Banca de DEFESA: JOHNIERY ALMEIDA SILVA

PROTESTANT RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN IMAGINARY, SYMBOLOGY AND THE CELEBRATIVE-LITURGICAL SPACE IN CALVINIST CONFESSION CHURCHES IN BAHIA

Liturgy, architecture, space, sacred, Protestantism, reform, imaginary, symbolism.

The research entitled “Protestant sacred architecture: relations between imaginary, symbolism and the celebratory / liturgical space in the churches of the Calvinist confession in Bahia”, has as main thematic axis the study between liturgical procedure, artistic expression and architectural language, addressing the analysis Protestant religiosity based on their understanding of the sacred through the relationship established between the individual and the organization and structure of the space for liturgical practices. The research seeks to analyze the constitutive and identity aspects of the Protestant sacred space; aiming to understand how the space for celebratory practices is configured and how the symbolic content measurements are made in the Protestant liturgical place. And, how does the art expressed in this culture reflect the Protestant imagination as it is understood by its strands of Christianity? The study contemplates the historical nature of the process of insertion of Protestantism in Brazil, taking as object the churches built between the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, in particular the Presbyterian Churches of the interior of Bahia, from the Central Brazil Mission of the Presbyterian Church of United States; relating imagery, symbology and the Protestant sacred architecture, aiming to trace relations between the spirituality and the aesthetics of the temples, the mystical with the architecture.