Catholic Charismatic Renewal was analyzed, especially at its beginning, as a movement of Catholic strengthening in face of Pentecostal advancing. However, the Charismatic Renewal currently seems to fulfill a new sense: it has been surpassing institutional boundaries between Catholicism and Pentecostalism, in a broader sense, and it has been strengthening the feeling of membership of both religious organizations as a common Christian identity. Obviously, it is a tendency that attracts sections of Catholics and Pentecostals who share similar theological production, independently of its Catholical or Evangelical origin. This article results from fieldwork performed in both Catholic and Evangelical milieux in Southern Brazil and Argentina, between 2008 and 2011.
Pentecostalism; Catholic Charismatic Renewal; Pentecostalism; Ecumenism