This article investigates the origin of Afro-Brazilian religions in the region of Grande Florianópolis by focusing on two relevant aspects, namely the practices of healers, shamans, and sorcerers, which are in the origin of the appearance of the first practitioners of Umbanda, and their relation with alternative health care, which was the main driving force that justified and fostered this form of social and spiritual organization. The research concentrates on the period when these Afro-Brazilian religions were confronted by the hegemonic conceptions of the Official Medicine and public sanitation expressed in the ‘hygienizing mission’ of the first decades of the twentieth centu...
The article aims at presenting João do Rio and his contribution to the study of the History of Relig...
The article carries out a (re)construction of Afro-Brazilian religions, taking as background their r...
O texto divide-se em duas partes. A primeira apresenta dados sobre o período escravocrata no Rio Gra...
This article investigates the origin of Afro-Brazilian religions in the region of Grande Floria...
This article investigates the origin of Afro-Brazilian religions in the region of Grande Florianópol...
The changes that have taken place in the field of religion in Brazil in the last few decades have de...
This article discusses issues related to Anthropology of Religion and Historiography on health in B...
Neste trabalho tentamos contribuir com a história das religiões afro-brasileiras na Paraíba e princ...
A umbanda é considerada a mais genuína religião brasileira de origem africana. Neste artigo procura-...
The African Matrix religions have always encountered difficulties in manifesting themselves in Brazi...
International audienceAfro-Brazilian beliefs are full of deities that manifest themselves in a space...
Na última década, muita coisa mudou no Brasil, também no âmbito das religiões. O censo de 2000 nos d...
Religion conceived as culture is what supports government initiatives and social engagement aimed at...
This article analyzes how the myth that Afro-Brazilian religions are degrading the environment and t...
This article analyzes the current Afro-religious field of Rio Grande do Sul, with emphasis on its re...
The article aims at presenting João do Rio and his contribution to the study of the History of Relig...
The article carries out a (re)construction of Afro-Brazilian religions, taking as background their r...
O texto divide-se em duas partes. A primeira apresenta dados sobre o período escravocrata no Rio Gra...
This article investigates the origin of Afro-Brazilian religions in the region of Grande Floria...
This article investigates the origin of Afro-Brazilian religions in the region of Grande Florianópol...
The changes that have taken place in the field of religion in Brazil in the last few decades have de...
This article discusses issues related to Anthropology of Religion and Historiography on health in B...
Neste trabalho tentamos contribuir com a história das religiões afro-brasileiras na Paraíba e princ...
A umbanda é considerada a mais genuína religião brasileira de origem africana. Neste artigo procura-...
The African Matrix religions have always encountered difficulties in manifesting themselves in Brazi...
International audienceAfro-Brazilian beliefs are full of deities that manifest themselves in a space...
Na última década, muita coisa mudou no Brasil, também no âmbito das religiões. O censo de 2000 nos d...
Religion conceived as culture is what supports government initiatives and social engagement aimed at...
This article analyzes how the myth that Afro-Brazilian religions are degrading the environment and t...
This article analyzes the current Afro-religious field of Rio Grande do Sul, with emphasis on its re...
The article aims at presenting João do Rio and his contribution to the study of the History of Relig...
The article carries out a (re)construction of Afro-Brazilian religions, taking as background their r...
O texto divide-se em duas partes. A primeira apresenta dados sobre o período escravocrata no Rio Gra...