The African Religions of Brazil

Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8624-9
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 494 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 854 g

Written by one of France's most brilliant and creative anthropologists, The African Religions of Brazil is regarded as a classic in Afro-American studies. First published in France in 1960, the book represents a singular effort to develop a theory of the interpenetrations of African, European, Christian, and non-Christian cultures in Brazil from colonial times to the present. Addressing a remarkable range of topics—from mysticism and syncretism to the problems of collective memory, from the history of slavery in Brazil to world-wide race relations—the work is shaped by the author's rich and original conceptual framework. The result is a compelling study of the origins and growth of a native religious environment.

The English translation is supplemented with a biographical foreword by Richard Price and a thematic introduction by Brazilian sociologist Duglas T. Monteiro.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bastide, Roger

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sebba, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Bastide, Roger
At the time of his death in 1974, Roger Bastide was a professor in the Faculté de Lettres et Sciences Humaines at the Sorbonne. Of a rich scholarly legacy of some thirty books and well over three hundred articles, his acknowledged masterwork is The African Religions of Brazil.