Universal politics: Neo-Pentecostalism, Candomblé and politics of space/race
With an acute awareness across the globe of widening economic inequalities and an increasingly elusive middle class, where do religious institutions fit into modern social and political ideologies? Examining interviews and ethnographic notes from data compiled in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, I will se...
| Published in: | Ciências da religião história e sociedade |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ed. Mackenzie
2015
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Ciências da religião história e sociedade
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| Further subjects: | B
Neoliberal
B Space B Candomblé B Neo-pentecostalism B Race |
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| Summary: | With an acute awareness across the globe of widening economic inequalities and an increasingly elusive middle class, where do religious institutions fit into modern social and political ideologies? Examining interviews and ethnographic notes from data compiled in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, I will seek to answer two main questions: First, how does the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus/ Universal Church of the Kingdom of God fit or not fit into neoliberal agenda/ ideology? Second, how does the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé fit or not fit into the neoliberal model? Comparing the socio-cultural and symbolic alignments of neo-Pentecostalism and Candomblé and how each religion facilitates different types of political subject formation in regard to space and racial consciousness, I conclude by remarking on the increasing fragmentation of afro-Brazilian religious subjects as each religious institution seeks to gain political influence utilizing conflicting socio-political ideologies. |
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| ISSN: | 1980-9425 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ciências da religião história e sociedade
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