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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Published in:Journal of Africana religions
Main Author: Rodrigues, Rosiane (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2021
In: 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
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.
ISSN:2165-5413
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions