Spaces of Suffering: Religious Transit in São Paulo's Devotion to Souls
This article examines the devotion to souls in São Pauloa practice that involves lighting candles for and petitioning the souls of the anonymous, suffering deadby focusing on the particularity of place. To that end, it employs the notion of religious transit (trânsito religioso), used by Brazilian...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2018]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 86, Issue: 4, Pages: 989-1013 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
State
/ Public space
/ Dead person
/ Soul
/ Ritual
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations KBR Latin America |
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