Religious urbanity applied to urban management

Abstract

This text discusses the participation of religious institutions in addressing the public problems of Brazilian cities, legacies of coloniality throughout the urbanization process. The research procedures employed include a bibliographic review of epistemologies of urban planning and anthropology, as well as field ethnographies that considered religious traditions active primarily, though not exclusively, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Finally, we point to possible alternatives and strategies for integrating religious urbanity into territorial agendas aimed at participation and action-research processes, in order to strengthen civic commitments, conviviality, and urban management.