What's Really Behind the Mask: A Reexamination of Syncretism in Brazilian Candomblé
Afro-Catholic syncretism has predominantly been analyzed through the metaphor of a mask in which African slaves ingeniously employed the traditions of Catholic saints to disguise their worship of African deities, ensuring the preservation of their traditions. The study of Brazilian Candomblé—primari...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2020]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 146-171 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Yoruba
/ Candomblé
/ Adoration
/ Syncretism
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KBR Latin America KDB Roman Catholic Church NBC Doctrine of God RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Candomblé
B Bastide B Brazil B Catholicism B Syncretism |
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