A influência da igreja na organização social dos camponeses de Alagamar/PB

Abstract

This study investigated historical and social aspects of the contribution of the Catholic Church to the organization of peasants in the struggle for land tenure in the Agreste region of Paraíba, in the municipality of Salgado de São Félix, through the struggle of the peasants suffered and exploited by farmers in the interior of Paraíba, in the great settlement of Fazenda Grande Alagamar. The linkages between the social movement in the time of the land conflicts and the socio- cultural organization of the Grande Alagamar are due to the fact that the three farmers interviewed in this research still actively participate in the respective social movements, through the unions, became multipliers of the teachings of Father José Maria Pires. The Catholic Church played a role of justice and struggle for equality, making the history of the people involved in the agrarian conflict for the possession and permanence in the land of the settlement of Great Alagamar achieved national and international repercussion.