Bem viver and Afro-brazilian religion: A possible approach?
This article aims to make an approximation between the concept of Bem Viverand Afro-Brazilian religious practices. The question that guides reflection is: can Afro-Brazilian religions, a direct result of colonialism, be interpreted under the esthological basis of Bem Viver ...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) |
| Repositorio: | Estudos de Sociologia (Recife. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/250934 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revsocio/article/view/250934 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Afro-brazilian religions bem viver terreiros religiões afro-brasileiras |
| Sumario: | This article aims to make an approximation between the concept of Bem Viverand Afro-Brazilian religious practices. The question that guides reflection is: can Afro-Brazilian religions, a direct result of colonialism, be interpreted under the esthological basis of Bem Viver and as an alternative to development? Through a bibliographic review, some aspects of these religions were highlighted, such as the relationship between Afro-Brazilian religions and Nature, with the Orixás elements of Nature being divinized; its ethics of transformation and circulation, manifested above all through the preparation, circulation and distribution of food; the relationship of these religions with the property where the cults take place -the terreiros, which are social and common spaces, even called "the saint's house", indicating that the property there is of the divinity and not of human beings; besides ancestry, conviviality and reciprocity present in the terreiros. Despite the fact that Afro-Brazilian religious practices are forms of resistance and point to other possibilities of life that come close to Bem Viver, the absence of an explicit economic proposal for development and capitalism in these religions is highlighted. |
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