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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As He promised His disciples , there on a certain occasion when His disciple
Philip said to Him , " Lord , show us the Father , " and He said to Philip , " Who
comes to Me comes to the Father , because I am in the Father and the Father in
Me .
As He promised His disciples , there on a certain occasion when His disciple
Philip said to Him , " Lord , show us the Father , " and He said to Philip , " Who
comes to Me comes to the Father , because I am in the Father and the Father in
Me .
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His father was a bagaceiro on a sugar farm . The word bagaceiro means , strictly ,
a workman who feeds sugar - cane husks into the furnace , but it also signifies a
person of low status . He moved from place to place during Severino ' s ...
His father was a bagaceiro on a sugar farm . The word bagaceiro means , strictly ,
a workman who feeds sugar - cane husks into the furnace , but it also signifies a
person of low status . He moved from place to place during Severino ' s ...
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God is an “ exacting Father " as well as a stern Teacher . Valdo considers His
severity necessary , not only because of human weakness but because of the
state of war between “ the dominion of the Prince of Darkness ” and “ Jesus , the
light ...
God is an “ exacting Father " as well as a stern Teacher . Valdo considers His
severity necessary , not only because of human weakness but because of the
state of war between “ the dominion of the Prince of Darkness ” and “ Jesus , the
light ...
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Religion and Politics in Campo Alegre | 21 |
The Crentes | 47 |
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