An religion in transit: the role of Brazilian leaders in the new transnational spiritism

From 1990 onwards a change of course inside the organized spiritist movement took place. Led by its Brazilian leaders, kardecism was endowed with an international structure, building up networks and organizations which had their basis on the support of high-class Brazilian immigrants and on deals be...

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Autor: Lewgoy, Bernardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669644
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8669644
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Espiritismo kardecista
Transnacionalização religiosa
Globalização
Transnacionalización religiosa
Globalización
Spiritist kardecism
Religious transnationalization
Globalization
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Sumario:From 1990 onwards a change of course inside the organized spiritist movement took place. Led by its Brazilian leaders, kardecism was endowed with an international structure, building up networks and organizations which had their basis on the support of high-class Brazilian immigrants and on deals between native spiritist leaders, who redefined this religion’s main themes and focuses.