O ritual fúnebre na igreja zione - o caso da igreja etiópia luso africana de Moçambique na Cidade da Matola

Abstract

The present work with the theme: "The funeral ritual in the Zione Churches - the case of the Ethiopia Luso African Church in Mozambique in the city of Matola", is an anthropological study that seeks to analyze the factors that lead people to join these type churches Pentecostal. Based on data collected in the literature and through fieldwork carried out in the Zione Churches in the Municipality of Matola, Maputo Province, with more focus on the Ethiopia Luso-African Church of Mozambique (IELAM), a place where some interviews were also conducted, he found that affliction, funeral ritual, healing and purification, the family crisis, are key points of adherence to Zionism. The funeral and purification ritual associated with healing work as “pivots” in the process of joining the Zione movement, particularly in situations of social crisis.