Kingdoms Come: Religion and Politics in BrazilAt a time when scholars are beginning to think about the political implications of grass roots religion around the world, Kingdoms Come explores the popular religions in Brazil. Rowan Ireland examines the three main religious traditions at the grass roots in Brazil - folk Catholicism, Protestant Pentecostalism, and Afro-Brazilian spiritism - and traces the contrasting definitions of political problems that arise from these spiritual cultures. |
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Valdo ' s variations on crente images and myths attune his ear to the claims of
bureaucratic and authoritarian Brazil . God ( through Valdo ' s images of Him as
professional expert ) canonizes the claims of professional expertise . The sacred
...
Valdo ' s variations on crente images and myths attune his ear to the claims of
bureaucratic and authoritarian Brazil . God ( through Valdo ' s images of Him as
professional expert ) canonizes the claims of professional expertise . The sacred
...
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The claims of office , expertise , or wealth are suspect , given the inherent
corruptibility of human structures ; just authority must be respected but no person
in a position of authority should claim obedience or legitimacy except on the
basis of ...
The claims of office , expertise , or wealth are suspect , given the inherent
corruptibility of human structures ; just authority must be respected but no person
in a position of authority should claim obedience or legitimacy except on the
basis of ...
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Fuló and Maria Pretinha ( the former more ambivalently than the latter ) reject the
claims for duly qualified expertise that are part of the code , just as they conceive
of themselves as communicators of communal wisdom rather than as experts in ...
Fuló and Maria Pretinha ( the former more ambivalently than the latter ) reject the
claims for duly qualified expertise that are part of the code , just as they conceive
of themselves as communicators of communal wisdom rather than as experts in ...
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Starting Again | 9 |
Religion and Politics in Campo Alegre | 21 |
The Crentes | 47 |
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| Título | Kingdoms Come: Religion and Politics in Brazil Pitt Latin American Series, ISSN 2644-1187 Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies |
| Autor | Rowan Ireland |
| Colaborador | University of Pittsburgh |
| Edição | ilustrada |
| Editora | University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991 |
| Original de | Universidade do Texas |
| Digitalizado | 25 Fev 2008 |
| ISBN | 0822936968, 9780822936961 |
| Número de páginas | 262 páginas |
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