@article{b7401348-69a1-4a4c-bdd9-9307f7168f72,
author = {Joana  Bahia},
title = {Different ways of practicing Afro-Brazilian religions in a transnational context: Germany},
journal = {Studia Religiologica},
volume = {2018},
number = {Volume 51, Issue 3},
year = {2018},
issn = {0137-2432},
pages = {149-163},keywords = {Afro-Brazilian religions transnationalization; African diaspora; hybridisms; Europe},
abstract = {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.},
doi = {10.4467/20844077SR.18.011.10095},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/different-ways-of-practicing-afro-brazilian-religions-in-a-transnational-context-germany}
}