The welfare of the peripheries: healing and sacredness in two heterodox religions of the city of Buenos Aires

In this article we approach two sacred practices such as “elevación espiritual” (spiritual elevation) of the Asociación Escuela Científica Basilio (AECB) and daimoku intonation of the Nichiren Buddhism of the Soka Gakkai International Organization (SGI). The main goal of the article is to show the w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Algranti, Miguel, Gancedo, Mariano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669703
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8669703
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Argentina
Healing
Spiritism
Buddhism
Ritual
Cura
Espiritismo
Budismo
Sanación
Descripción
Sumario:In this article we approach two sacred practices such as “elevación espiritual” (spiritual elevation) of the Asociación Escuela Científica Basilio (AECB) and daimoku intonation of the Nichiren Buddhism of the Soka Gakkai International Organization (SGI). The main goal of the article is to show the way these practices facilitate body and cosmological transformation among subjects searching for health within what could be defined as peripheral religions in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Thus we first explore underlying traditions and cosmogonies and then analyze these body techniques and rituals materializing stages of healing processes and religious conversion.