A cidade como altar: discursos, templo e a festa de Nossa Senhora da Apresentação na produção de identidade para a cidade de Natal, 1910-1939

In this research, we perform a analysis about the relation between Catholicism and the city of Natal in the first half of the 20th century, a period in which Brazil lived a historical moment, marked by the consolidation of a new political system and urban expansion. The present research analyzes the relation between catholic discursive practices and the place of Natal in the years of 1910-1939. In this sense, we ask: were the Nossa Senhora da Apresentação's festivity, the patron saint of the city, and the Matriz, represented as a monument, practices that produced the city? If so, then what sense was imagined thenceforth? Our objective, in this study, is to analyze the association between religious institution, belief and place, taking as a starting point the historical conjuncture in which Brazil passed through a moment of social transformation, whose modern principle was not born in Catholicism. In this way, we seek to understand the reaction of the Catholic Church before this new historical moment, through the use of the symbolism of the patron saint, memorial marks, sacred processions, sensitization and construction of a characteristic for the city by means of catholic faith. The answers to our questions were found in the speeches contained in the pages of the journals A República, 1910-1939, A Ordem, 1935-1939, and the chapter A Matriz de Natal, written by the potiguar Nestor dos Santos Lima, for the journal of the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Norte. In short, we problematize the relation between religiosity and city. Moreover, we intend to contribute to the knowledge of the trajectories of the city's formation in the beginning of the 20th century. ; Nesta pesquisa, realizamos uma análise acerca da relação entre o catolicismo e a cidade de Natal na primeira metade do século XX, período no qual o Brasil vivera um momento histórico, marcado pela consolidação de um novo sistema político e expansão urbana. A presente pesquisa analisa a relação entre práticas discursivas católicas e o lugar ...