%0 Journal Article
%T Different ways of practicing Afro-Brazilian religions in a transnational context: Germany
%A Bahia, Joana
%J Studia Religiologica
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/20844077SR.18.011.10095
%N Tom 51, Numer 3
%P 149-163
%K Afro-Brazilian religions transnationalization, African diaspora, hybridisms, Europe, afro-brazylijskie religie, transnacjonalizaacja, afrykańska diaspora, hybrydyzm, Europa
%@ 0137-2432
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-religiologica/artykul/different-ways-of-practicing-afro-brazilian-religions-in-a-transnational-context-germany
%X 
	In this text, I study Afro-Brazilian religions (Candomblé and Umbanda) and the ways these adapt themselves culturally in the German context, producing hybridisms and reviving European pagan practices. In the first section of the text, I present how paisand mães de santo circulate through the artistic field, creating opportunities for them to construct ritual spaces in which religious practices are conducted and future adepts are recruited. I then analyze cases in which pais de santodo not participate in this artistic field, or even have their own terreirosor initiate filhos de santo. Finally, I consider ritual adaptations and the ways of relating to the economic and spiritual necessities of potential clients. In these cases, Afro-Brazilian religions end up being in close proximity to New Age practices currently common in European cultures.