Violência e sagrado: o que no criminoso anuncia o santo? = Violence and the sacred : what in the criminal announces the saint?

This article presents a preliminary study of two popular saint devotional practices that take place currently in the Northeast of Brazil. There, around their gravestones, Jararaca, a cangaceiro, and Baracho, a kind of serial killer and thief, are both believed to be, if not real saints, saint-like p...

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Subtitles:Violence and the sacred
Main Author: Freitas, Eliane Tânia Martins de (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Portuguese
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Published: Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la Religión del Mercosur 2000
In: Ciencias sociales y religión
Year: 2000, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 191-203
Further subjects:B Criminal
B Violence
B Saint
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