“A Gift from God”: Adolescent Motherhood and Religion in Brazilian Favelas

This study seeks to understand how young, unmarried mothers and mothers-to-be in the favelas (shantytowns) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have experienced religious morality as applied to themselves and other adolescents in their communities, as well as how religious leaders grapple with the moral issue...

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Main Author: Steele, Liza G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2011
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-27
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