Retrieving African Traditional Religion from the Fringes: Umbanda and the Brazilian Traditions as a Source

“Bantu Religion“ is an abstraction, an ideal-type of the consensus between different forms among the Bantu peoples. With the arrival of Bantu people in Brazil five centuries ago, a process of amalgamation began. Core features and structure have reasserted themselves interacting with non-Bantu religi...

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Published in:Journal for the study of the religions of Africa and its diaspora
Main Author: Kleinhempel, Ullrich Relebogilwe 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: African Association for the Study of Religions 2018
In: Journal for the study of the religions of Africa and its diaspora
Year: 2018, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: [76]-81
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Brazil / Bantu / Religion / Ritual / Umbanda
RelBib Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
BS Traditional African religions
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KBR Latin America
Further subjects:B Umbanda
B Bantu Divination
B Bantu Traditional Religion
B African Traditional Religion
B Ritual Studies
B Syncretism Studies
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