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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The congregation seems hardly to need telling at the end that triumph is
confirmed when a young woman and two children answer the call . ... Sometimes
the routine program and the reiteration of message seems to leave a
congregation flat .
The congregation seems hardly to need telling at the end that triumph is
confirmed when a young woman and two children answer the call . ... Sometimes
the routine program and the reiteration of message seems to leave a
congregation flat .
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The concern of these groups with the building of autonomous communities
seems , from Henfrey ' s account , to lead some members into political activities
directed against perceived injustices in the status quo . Clearly enough , the
Campo ...
The concern of these groups with the building of autonomous communities
seems , from Henfrey ' s account , to lead some members into political activities
directed against perceived injustices in the status quo . Clearly enough , the
Campo ...
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Articulation of the values of the poor seems to promise little to those who see that
chances for the good life improve through assimilation to the values of the rich .
Community must seem elusive to the uprooted in occupationally diverse ...
Articulation of the values of the poor seems to promise little to those who see that
chances for the good life improve through assimilation to the values of the rich .
Community must seem elusive to the uprooted in occupationally diverse ...
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Starting Again | 9 |
Religion and Politics in Campo Alegre | 21 |
The Crentes | 47 |
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