The African Religions of Brazil: Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations - Hardcover

Bastide

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801820561 ISBN 13: 9780801820564

Publisher: John Hopkins University Press, 1978

Synopsis

Written by one of France's most brilliant and creative anthropologists, The African Religions of Brazil is regarded as a classic in Afro-American studies. First published in France in 1960, the book represents a singular effort to develop a theory of the interpenetrations of African, European, Christian, and non-Christian cultures in Brazil from colonial times to the present. Addressing a remarkable range of topics -- from mysticism and syncretism to the problems of collective memory, from the history of slavery in Brazil to world-wide race relations -- the work is shaped by the author's rich and original conceptual framework. The result is a compelling study of the origins and growth of a native religious environment.

The English translation is supplemented with a biographical foreword by Richard Price and a thematic introduction by Brazilian sociologist Duglas T. Monteiro.

About this title

Review:

"An essential, and provocative, starting point for study of its topic."

(Andrew F. Walls Theological Book Review)

"A near classic... Bastide's study remains central to anyone interested in the topic."

(John A. Coleman Theological Studies)

About the Author:

At the time of his death in 1974, Roger Bastide was a professor in the Faculté de Lettres et Sciences Humaines at the Sorbonne. Of a rich scholarly legacy of some thirty books and well over three hundred articles, his acknowledged masterwork is The African Religions of Brazil.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0801820561
• ISBN 13: 9780801820564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 494