出版社：Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social
摘要：Although they have never had a mission actuating in their area, the Xikrin from Bacajá have performed protestant cults since 1998. This missionary practice that does not have direct participation of people foreign to the group, which limits itself to the formation of young ministers. This is a situation which offers a privileged opportunity for a reflection on the establishment of a missionary practice and the adherence of an indigenous group. Offering an ethnography of the cults, the article focuses on their space and time organization and the social roles involved, concluding with a reflection on the ways and reasons for which the group adheres to the cults and, maybe to a lesser degree, to the crente ethos. In order to do that, it considers Xikrin notions of death, establishing a parallel between life after death according to Xikrin conceptions and their understanding of that which is promised by Protestantism.
