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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Teresa ' s Creation myth leaves no territory wherein recognized injustice must be
righted by the just person . In the struggle for salvation , the field of battle must be
the self . The battle is between the spirit , which tends to rise to God , and the ...
Teresa ' s Creation myth leaves no territory wherein recognized injustice must be
righted by the just person . In the struggle for salvation , the field of battle must be
the self . The battle is between the spirit , which tends to rise to God , and the ...
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When the person asks for money , and the reply is " I don ' t have any , my dear , "
the person is revoltado , knowing that his neighbor has it . And many a person in
this way turns into a robber . . . . I believe that these days , the world is ...
When the person asks for money , and the reply is " I don ' t have any , my dear , "
the person is revoltado , knowing that his neighbor has it . And many a person in
this way turns into a robber . . . . I believe that these days , the world is ...
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charity , Lauro ' s work had become an exhausting round of attending to short -
term , paying clients ; and as a consequence there was no time to develop the
person - to - person and medium - to - spirit relationships necessary in " the
vocation ...
charity , Lauro ' s work had become an exhausting round of attending to short -
term , paying clients ; and as a consequence there was no time to develop the
person - to - person and medium - to - spirit relationships necessary in " the
vocation ...
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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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