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...
Subtitles: | Violence and the sacred |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la Religión del Mercosur
2000
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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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