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Umbanda and Africa [PDF]

open access: yesNova Religio, 2012
This article argues that scholarship on Umbanda (a distinctively Brazilian hybrid of Candomblé, Kardecist Spiritism, and popular Catholicism, with romanticized indigenous elements) manifests certain limitations that lead to insufficient emphasis on the religious tradition's internal doctrinal, ritual, and organizational variation.
Steven Engler
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Umbanda

2017
Steven Engler
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Umbanda and Hybridity

Numen, 2009
AbstractScholars of religion continue to talk of syncretism where their colleagues have moved on to talk of hybridity. This paper reviews critiques of the latter concept and argues that “hybridity” can be a useful concept, but only if further specified.
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Umbanda - Eine Brasilianische Religion

Numen, 1973
AbstractIm zweiten Drittel dieses Jahrhunderts entstand in Brasilien die Umbanda, eine neue Religion, die inzwischen insbesondere in den Groß-städten über eine Millionen zählende Anhängerschaft verfügt. Sie kann als animistisch-mediunistisch charakterisiert und als Konsolidierung des brasilianischen Volkskatholizismus in den vakant gewordenen Formen ...
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MINHA VIDA NA UMBANDA

2023
Este livro, inspirado pelo Sr. Caboclo Sete Folhas da Jurema, tem como propósito esclarecer as primeiras dúvidas e questionamentos que muitos médiuns vivenciam ao entrar na religião da Umbanda. Embora não se restrinja apenas ao iniciante, serve também como um importante recurso aos simpatizantes da doutrina ou mesmo para alguns médiuns já praticantes ...
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Umbanda as Syncretistic Shamanism in Barcelona

International Journal of Latin American Religions, 2020
The diaspora of the Afro-Brazilian religions has produced a series of new experiences which are intensified with the articulation of different symbolic and cultural elements. In this article, I explore the configuration of an Afro-Brazilian temple in Barcelona (Spain) that is presented as “syncretistic shamanism.” In an interview with the Uruguayan pai
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