(Neo)pentecostalism and (neo)fascism: meanings in communion in religious and political discourses

Abstract

In this work, having the Discourse Analysis as our basis, we intend to unveil the contradictions from religious discourse, especially the one regarding the evangelical Christianity, considering it as a one of the expressions of capitalist discourse in the urban Brazilian society. From the perspectives and contributions of Amaral (2007, 2021), Courtine (2016), Indursky (2019), and Orlandi (1984, 2006, 2020), the discourse is perceived as an object of analysis, assuming that the observation of the conditions of production of a society in which religious discourses circulate might be the starting point to observe expressions of an emerging fascism. Such a discourse is built upon elements of religiosity which are widespread since the foundation of the Brazilian Integralist Action (AIB in the Portuguese acronym) in the 1930s. It is argued that there are interdiscoursive elements of this sociopolitical fascist movement being rescued in the current intradiscoursive reality, which demonstrates the tension between past and present and the re-signification of what was once said. This analysis is based on the observation of the discoursive sequence of reference (COURTINE, 2016): “God, homeland, family”, an integralist slogan which is resumed in the current political scenario. Such slogan, as we conclude, reveals itself as the linguistic and the ideological anchor for today’s fascist discourse.