The centrality of the female body in Brazilian culture: Evangelical and Muslim responses

This article aims to analyse how both Evangelical and Islamic religions deal with a central aspect of the construction of the Brazilian national identity: the body. The Brazilian religious field is exposed to this cultural value and reacts to it in different ways. While Islam preaches female modesty...

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Authors: Castro, Cristina Maria de (Author) ; Rosas, Nina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [2019]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 275-290
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Brazil / Cultural identity / Evangelical movement / Woman / Body / Islam
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBR Latin America
KDG Free church
Further subjects:B Women
B Islam
B Brazil
B Religion
B Evangelicals
B the body
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