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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Carfax Publ.
[2019]
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| 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
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| 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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Volltext (Resolving-System) |