RT Article
T1 Ungraceful God: Masculinity and Images of God in Brazilian Popular Culture
JF Theology & sexuality
VO 15
IS 2
SP 145
OP 157
A1 Musskopf, André
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779664702
AB The article investigates how God is represented in popular culture, especially in music, in Brazil. It gives a general background about Brazilian culture showing how religion is part of the identity constructions of Brazilian people and how it is marked by multiplicity, syncretism and hybridization. It then analyses two popular songs that make explicit statements about "who God is" and how those statements are related to traditional masculine gender constructions. Finally, the article discusses how issues of masculinity and religion have been approached in recent scholarship and points to the need for other ways of imagining God that are related to people's experience.
K1 Religion
K1 Popular Culture
K1 Masculinity
K1 Images of God
K1 Brazil
DO 10.1558/tse.v15i2.145