“Brotherhoods Throw More Weight Around than the Pope”: Catholic Traditionalism and the Lay Brotherhoods of Brazil

Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, lay brotherhoods have played a vital role in the local community of São João del-Rei (Minas Gerais, Brazil). Today twelve irmandades, confrarias, and ordens terceiras continue to organize their own feasts, Masses, processions, and novenas. Most of them...

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Main Author: de Theije, Marjo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1990
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1990, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 189-204
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