Learning to learn in candomblé: notes on paths, knowledge, and the ‘education of distraction’

This paper intends to reflect on some ways of learning present in Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion, and the relations between making, knowing, and being that compose this system. Based on an ethnographic experience carried out in Salvador, Bahia, the paper aims to explore the notion of path (ca...

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Main Author: Marques, Lucas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2022
In: Religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 122-137
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Candomblé / Learning / Knowledge communication / Pathway / Experiential knowledge / Religious practice / Initiation
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AH Religious education
AZ New religious movements
KBR Latin America
Further subjects:B Path
B Apprenticeship
B education of distraction
B Afro-Brazilian religions
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