Tell Me Who You Pray For, and Justice Will Guarantee Your Rights—Or Not
In this essay, an iyalorixá describes how she temporarily lost legal custody of her son because of her affiliation with Candomblé. The author's ordeal represents a disturbing trend to limit or terminate the parental rights of devotees of Africana religions in Brazil and other parts of the world...
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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: 275-283 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Candomblé
/ Parental care
/ Loss
/ Institutioneller Rassismus
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations AZ New religious movements BS Traditional African religions KBR Latin America NCB Personal ethics XA Law |
Further subjects: | B
Custody
B Religious Intolerance B Brazil B Afro-Brazilian religions B Religious Racism |
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Summary: | In this essay, an iyalorixá describes how she temporarily lost legal custody of her son because of her affiliation with Candomblé. The author's ordeal represents a disturbing trend to limit or terminate the parental rights of devotees of Africana religions in Brazil and other parts of the world. |
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ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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