Global trajectories of Brazilian religion: Lusospheres
"This book explores the proliferation and spread of Brazilian-born religious forms and practices throughout the world. The global diffusion of Brazilian religions provides an excellent lens to understand contemporary religious forms. As the book shows, religious movements as diverse as Santo Da...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomsbury Academic
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Edition: | Paperback edition |
| Series/Journal: | Bloomsbury studies in religion, space, and place
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Catholicism
/ Faith
/ Candomblé
/ Capoeira
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Expansion of
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion
B Brazil B Brazil Religion |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781350072084 Erscheint auch als: 9781350072077 |
| Summary: | "This book explores the proliferation and spread of Brazilian-born religious forms and practices throughout the world. The global diffusion of Brazilian religions provides an excellent lens to understand contemporary religious forms. As the book shows, religious movements as diverse as Santo Daime, Candomblé, Capoeira, John of God, and Brazilian style Pentecostalism and Catholicism, have become immensely popular in many places outside Brazil. This global spread is not merely the result of Brazilian migrants taking their religions abroad, it is also due to global media and to spiritual seekers, travelling to and from Brazil. This book demonstrates that in a dynamic space of historical and cultural production, Brazil is imagined and re-created as an authentic, spiritual, and sensual place that functions as the center for various global religions. To understand the new cross-fertilizations between religion, life-style, tourism and migration, this book introduces the notion of 'Lusospheres', a term that refers to the historical Portuguese colonial reach, yet signals the contemporary modes of cultural interaction in a different geo-political age."-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1350252506 |