The Militarization of the Persecution of African Religions and the Demonization of Vodun Cults in Eighteenth-Century Minas Gerais, Brazil
This article analyzes the persecution of African religions in eighteenth-century Brazil focusing on two important yet largely unstudied dimensions. First, it explores the militarization of policing Vodun practicioners by capitães do mato ("bush captains"), whose main function was capturing...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2021
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-164 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Minas Gerais
/ Africans
/ Religious persecution
/ Voodooism
/ Demonization
/ History 1700-1800
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BS Traditional African religions KBR Latin America NBH Angelology; demonology RA Practical theology TJ Modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
Militarization
B Inquisition B African Diaspora B Religious Persecution B Vodun |
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