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Secrets, Gossip, and Gods

Author : Paul Christopher Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195188226
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (882 download)

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Download or read book Secrets, Gossip, and Gods written by Paul Christopher Johnson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging book Paul Christopher Johnson explores the changing, hidden face of the Afro-Brazilian indigenous religion of Candomblé. Despite its importance in Brazilian society, Candomblé has received far less attention than its sister religions Vodou and Santeria. Johnson seeks to fill this void by offering a comprehensive look at the development, beliefs, and practices of Candomblé and exploring its transformation from a secret society of slaves--hidden, persecuted, and marginalized--to a public religion that is very much a part of Brazilian culture. Johnson traces this historical shift and locates the turning point in the creation of Brazilian national identity and a public sphere in the first half of the twentieth century. His major focus is on the ritual practice of secrecy in Candomblé. Like Vodou and Santeria and the African Yoruba religion from which they are descended, Candomblé features a hierarchic series of initiations, with increasing access to secret knowledge at each level. As Johnson shows, the nature and uses of secrecy evolved with the religion. First, secrecy was essential to a society that had to remain hidden from authorities. Later, when Candomblé became known and actively persecuted, its secrecy became a form of resistance as well as an exotic hidden power desired by elites. Finally, as Candomblé became a public religion and a vital part of Brazilian culture, the debate increasingly turned away from the secrets themselves and toward their possessors. It is speech about secrets, and not the content of those secrets, that is now most important in building status, legitimacy and power in Candomblé. Offering many first hand accounts of the rites and rituals of contemporary Candomblé, this book provides insight into this influential but little-studied group, while at the same time making a valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship between religion and society.

Afro-Brazilian Religions

Author : Eileen C. Oliver
Publisher : Salalm Secretariat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Afro-Brazilian Religions written by Eileen C. Oliver and published by Salalm Secretariat. This book was released on 1998 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Africas of the Americas

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047432703
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Africas of the Americas written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthropology and history of African American religious formations has long been dominated by approaches aiming to recover and authenticate the historical transatlantic continuities linking such traditions to identifiable African source cultures. While not denying such continuities, the contributors to this volume seek to transcend this research agenda by bracketing "Africa" and "African pasts" as objective givens, and asking instead what role notions of "Africanity" and "pastfulness" play in the social and ritual lives of historical and contemporary practitioners of Afro-Atlantic religious formations. The volume’s goal is to open up contextually salient claims to "African origins" to empirical scrutiny, and so contribute to a broadening of the terms of debate in Afro-Atlantic studies.

Mother God

Author : Sylvia Browne
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458739775
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Mother God written by Sylvia Browne and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sylvia Browne, in her own inimitable style, again defies convention in this uniquely informative compilation of diligently researched facts and personal accounts about the premise of a female divinity - namely, the Mother God (also known as the feminine principle). Spanning time, from the earliest beginnings of humankind when ''Goddess worship'' was at its peak, to the current era with its myriad beliefs and religions, Sylvia takes us on a journey of discovery, where she discusses the suppression of the ''Mother Goddess'' by the male-dominated politics of modern-day religious dogma. Using a combination of historical data and poignant and heartwarming stories that reveal the power and miracles attributed to the Mother God, Sylvia leads us from the question of ''Does She exist?'' to the logical, fact-based conclusion that She does ... and then shows us how to call on Her to help us in our everyday lives.

Afro-Latin American Studies

Author : Alejandro de la Fuente
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316832325
Total Pages : 663 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Afro-Latin American Studies written by Alejandro de la Fuente and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alejandro de la Fuente and George Reid Andrews offer the first systematic, book-length survey of humanities and social science scholarship on the exciting field of Afro-Latin American studies. Organized by topic, these essays synthesize and present the current state of knowledge on a broad variety of topics, including Afro-Latin American music, religions, literature, art history, political thought, social movements, legal history, environmental history, and ideologies of racial inclusion. This volume connects the region's long history of slavery to the major political, social, cultural, and economic developments of the last two centuries. Written by leading scholars in each of those topics, the volume provides an introduction to the field of Afro-Latin American studies that is not available from any other source and reflects the disciplinary and thematic richness of this emerging field.

Social Representations for the Anthropocene: Latin American Perspectives

Author : Clarilza Prado de Sousa
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030677788
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Social Representations for the Anthropocene: Latin American Perspectives written by Clarilza Prado de Sousa and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anthropocene has become a field of studies in which the influence of human activity on the Earth System and nature is both the main threat and the potential solution. Social Representations Theory has been evolving since the 1960s.It links knowledge and practice in everyday life and is an effective way to deal with systemic crises based on common sense. This book assembles key contributions by Latin American scholars working with social representations in the social sciences that are of conceptual relevance to the study of the Anthropocene and that investigate the societal consequences of complex interrelations between common sense and topics of global relevance, such asthe contradictions of sustainable development, the construction of risks beyond risk-perception, health, negotiation and governance in the field of education, gender equality, the usefulness of longitudinal and systemic ethnography and case studies, and agency and the link between inequality, crises and risk society in the context of COVID-19, presenting theoretical and methodological innovations fromSpanish, Portuguese and Frenchresearchthat have rarely been available in English. • This is the first book to address the relevance of Social Representations Theory for the Anthropocene as a societal era• It presents the multidisciplinary scope of Social Representations• This book covers emerging research contributions in Social Representations Theory from Latin America• This book presents innovative research and commentaries by established researchers in the field• This multidisciplinary book should be in the libraries of many disciplines in the social sciences and humanities

Case Studies in Spirit Possession

Author : Vincent Crapanzano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Case Studies in Spirit Possession written by Vincent Crapanzano and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

"Sexuality" and "gender" in Santería

Author : Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
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Download or read book "Sexuality" and "gender" in Santería written by Salvador Vidal-Ortiz and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dissenting Church

Author : Judith Gruber
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031560191
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Dissenting Church written by Judith Gruber and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ere Ibeji

Author : Bruno Claessens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789038922027
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Ere Ibeji written by Bruno Claessens and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documentatie in woord en beeld over 32 Ere Ibedji, tweelingbeeldjes ter nagedachtenis van een overleden lid van een tweeling van de Yoruba in Zuidwest-Nigeria.

Youth Culture in Global Cinema

Author : Timothy Shary
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292795742
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Youth Culture in Global Cinema written by Timothy Shary and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

La Medalla de “San Simón”

Author : Francisco Hediger
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304030237
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book La Medalla de “San Simón” written by Francisco Hediger and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Una serie de crímenes horrendos y un delincuente brillante que pone en jaque a la justicia son necesarios para que reaparezca el Dr. Klaus Lhëm que, en la suma de novelas, se está convirtiendo en un personaje que recuerda, al famoso Padre Brown, de Chesterton, intentando resolver los crímenes más enigmáticos, atroces e inexplicables gracias a su conocimiento de la naturaleza humana y de su razonamiento lógico. Tras el éxito de su anterior novela "La carta Encriptada", Francisco Hediger confirma ser en "La Medalla de San Simón" un verdadero artífice en la creación de tramas de suspenso policial que atrapan al lector desde el primer capítulo. El mundo de un asesino serial, los crímenes que éste practica y que lo lleva desde una ciudad en Argentina, al centro del poder que mueve los hilos del mundo, son algunos de los auténticos protagonistas de esta novela que llevará al lector por la intriga hasta un sorprendente final.

Catalog of the Library of the National Museum of African Art Branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Author : Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch
Publisher : G. K. Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of the Library of the National Museum of African Art Branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries written by Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch and published by G. K. Hall. This book was released on 1991 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of Kristang

Author : Alan N. Baxter
Publisher : Pacific Linguistics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Kristang written by Alan N. Baxter and published by Pacific Linguistics. This book was released on 2004 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kristang, or Papiah Kristang, is spoken by a small community in the Hilir suburb of Malacca, West Malaysia, and by descendants of the Malacca community elsewhere in Malaysia and in Singapore. Its origins reach back to Portugal's colonial endeavours of the sixteeth century, and its strong cultural traditions and capacity to assimilate outsiders have helped it survive through the centuries. Contrary to what has sometimes been claimed by lay authors, Kristang is not sixteenth-century Portuguese. Rather, it is a Creole language, a language born of the contacts between speakers of Portuguese and speakers of local and other languages. This dictionary of Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese) is the most exhaustive dictionary of the language yet published.

The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West

Author : David J. Collins, S. J.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316239497
Total Pages : 897 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West written by David J. Collins, S. J. and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 897 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and practice of magic in the West. Its chronological scope extends from the Ancient Near East to twenty-first-century North America; its objects of analysis range from Persian curse tablets to US neo-paganism. For comparative purposes, the volume includes chapters on developments in the Jewish and Muslim worlds, evaluated not simply for what they contributed at various points to European notions of magic, but also as models of alternative development in ancient Mediterranean legacy. Similarly, the volume highlights the transformative and challenging encounters of Europeans with non-Europeans, regarding the practice of magic in both early modern colonization and more recent decolonization.

Religions in Rio

Author : João do Rio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990589983
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Religions in Rio written by João do Rio and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: João do Rio (1881-1921) was a literary journalist before his time, before the term existed, before anyone saw that journalism could be raised to the level of art by infusing it with intellecual insight and sociological analysis. He went wherever necessary to observe life as Rio de Janeiro struggled to enter the 20th century while clinging to its traditional imperial politics and lifestyle. He flaunted his homosexuality a century before it became socially acceptable. Here, for the first time in English, are João do Rio's reports on the bizarre confluence of European, North American, and African religions that found adherents in Rio de Janeiro. Candomblé, Spiritism, Positivism, Satanism, Judaism, the Cult of the Sea, the New Jerusalem, the Physiolaters, the Priestesses, the Evangelicals...they all fell under his scrutiny. Ana Lessa-Schmidt's translation of As Religiões no Rio, brilliant and true to the original, brings João do Rio's insight and revelations to full light. Just as João do Rio took readers down the dark streets of the low-life and into dark houses of worship, Lessa-Schmidt's translation takes readers into one of the world's most glorious and mysterious cities during its post-imperial heyday at the turn of the 20th century. This bilingual edition is in Portuguese and English.

The Scorpion's Sweet Venom: The Diary of a Brazilian Call Girl

Author : Bruna Surfistinha
Publisher : Pan Australia
ISBN 13 : 1741970202
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Scorpion's Sweet Venom: The Diary of a Brazilian Call Girl written by Bruna Surfistinha and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 2007-11-10 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is October, 2005. In an apartment in the upmarket neighbourhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 21-year-old Bruna Surfistinha, or Bruna the Surfer Girl, has sexual encounters with up to five men a day. A teen runaway who has had to turn tricks for a living, Bruna begins to write about her experiences in a blog. What she creates is a scintillating soap opera, loaded with family drama, love stories and, of course, sex! Today, Bruna has become a celebrity in Brazil with the runaway bestseller The Scorpion's Sweet Venom: The Diary of a Brazilian Call Girl. Selling over 30,000 copies in its first month, (and over 100,000 copies to date) the book is a vivid, forthright, explosive account of sex for money, for kicks, for fun, and for love. It even offers how-to tips for readers looking to spice up their sex lives. In the tradition of the bestselling The Bride Stripped Bare, In My Skin, Belle de Jour and Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl, this translation of The Scorpion's Sweet Venom is destined to cause a stir with its intimate revelations of Latino lovers and illicit sex and life as a call girl.