Spaces of Suffering: Religious Transit in São Paulo's Devotion to Souls

This article examines the devotion to souls in São Paulo—a practice that involves lighting candles for and petitioning the souls of the anonymous, suffering dead—by 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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Main Author: Amoruso, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2018]
In: 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
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
KBR Latin America
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