"Borboletas Azuis" de Campina Grande: crenças e lutas de um movimento milenarista "Borboletas Azuis" of Campina Grande: belief and fighting of a millenarist movement

The "Borboletas Azuis" of Campina Grande city / PB achieved national prominence due to the spread of a prophecy that asserted a deluge for May 23 rd 1980. The movement is a contestation to the Roman Catholic Church of Vatican II, from where measures have been taken in favor of liturgies more appropriate to local culture and lan guage, as well as significant changes in the texts and languages used in the Mass and in the administr ation of the sacraments. The “Borboletas Azuis” proposes a revival of the model of primitive Christianity, in its messianic hopes to introduce a new "golden age". The religious identit y of the movement is constituted of ‘bricolage’ of Christianity with spiritism. Because of its "ecc entricities", ended generating a huge controversy that culminated in a double conflict: one with the Catholic Church and other with the local press. This study analyzes the imaginary of the "Borboleta s Azuis”, adopting a theoretical perspective inspired on studies about religion done by Delumeau, Queiroz, Negrao, Giddens, Weber e Andrade. The methodology we used consisted in open interviews carried out with remaining believers and the analysis of local press articles and documents produced by their leaders.