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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego
2019
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Studia religiologica
Year: 2019, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 191-204 |
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Popular Catholicism
B religious healing / Brazylia B Benzedeiras B Brazil B religijne uzdrawianie B katolicyzm ludowy |
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