Benzedeiras: Lights and Shadows of the Religious Healing Practice in Brazilian Folk Catholicism

This article presents field research-based reflections on the socio-cultural contexts of religious healing practices in Brazilian folk Catholicism performed by traditional local blessing-givers (bendezeiras). Recognizing both illness and healing as socio-cultural processes and...

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Main Author: Siuda-Ambroziak, Renata (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego 2019
In: Studia religiologica
Year: 2019, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 191-204
Further subjects:B Popular Catholicism
B religious healing / Brazylia
B Benzedeiras
B Brazil
B religijne uzdrawianie
B katolicyzm ludowy
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