Neo-Pentecostalism and Afro-Brazilian religions: explaining the attacks on symbols of the African religious heritage in contemporary Brazil

oleh: Vagner Gonçalves da Silva, David Allan Rodgers

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2007-01-01

Deskripsi

In this work, I analyze the relations of proximity and antagonism between neo-Pentecostalism and Afro-Brazilian religions, and their consequences for the transformation of the Brazilian social imaginary constructed on the basis of values derived from these two fields.