God's word" as a separating logos

Abstract

This study inquires about the implications if the use of "God's words" by means of the lectures of the Bible in the Brazilian evangelic daily life. Twenty interviews were conducted with Evangelical families that lived in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The study investigated when and why the adherence to Evangelical beliefs happened and what consequences it brought to personal and family life. Analysis followed the phenomenological interpretative method. Results showed that adherence to an Evangelical Church, as it currently occurs in Brazil, re-directs family life through the inclusion of a third term: God and/or God's word - to whom the participants start to "talk" from their reading of the Bible. Thus, some "concepts" emerge in those people's daily life that provide a "lifeway", allowing the planning of goals and the emergence of a desired and planned future.

Family relationships; evangelic; God's word