TENEBRAE SERVICE Alceu Amoroso Lima in the shadows of the dictatorship
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Aug 2, 2016
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Brazilian Catholic Thought, Religion and Politics, Dictatorship in Brazil, Alceu Amoroso Lima, Epistolography
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This paper analyzes how the Brazilian intellectual Alceu Amoroso Lima (1893-1983) reacted to the issuing of the Institutional Act No. 5 and the resulting strengthening of the civil-military dictatorship in Brazil. I examine the daily letters that Amoroso Lima sent to his daughter, the Benedictine sister Maria Teresa, throughout the year of 1969. Through this dialog, Amoroso Lima tried to redefine his public persona as a Catholic layman leader in face of the challenges and urgent demands in a time of deep political crisis.
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TIMOTHEO DA COSTA, Marcelo. TENEBRAE SERVICE: Alceu Amoroso Lima in the shadows of the dictatorship. INTERAÇÕES, Belo Horizonte, v. 11, n. 19, p. 87–104, 2016. DOI: 10.5752/P.1983-2478.2016v11n19p87. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/interacoes/article/view/P.1983-2478.2016v11n19p87. Acesso em: 25 oct. 2025.
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