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- Title
Pombagira y el obispo: sobre identidades religiosas transnacionales. La Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus en Brasil y Mozambique.
- Authors
SCHÄFER, HEINRICH WILHELM
- Abstract
The article discusses the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (Universal Church of the Kingdom of God), a Pentecostal church in Brazil and Mozambique. More specifically, the author focuses on the translational religious identities of the church's members. Additional topics addressed include the role played by the church's leader and bishop, Edir Macedo, and the role played by the Afro-Brazilian deity Pombagira in the religious practices of the church.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MOZAMBIQUE; IGREJA Universal do Reino de Deus; RELIGIOUS identity; MACEDO, Bispo, 1945-; POMBAGIRA (Afro-Brazilian deity); RELIGION
- Publication
FIAR: Forum for Inter-American Research, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
1867-1519
- Publication type
Article