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Spiritual Currency in Northeast Brazil

By Lindsey King

Book information

Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780826355324, 9780826355317
LCC
BX4700.F6 K56 2014
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2854298 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
169\169
Time added
2023-08-07 05:55:39
-- 1182-1226 -- Cult -- Brazil -- Canindé (Ceará)-- of AssisiBrazil) -- Religious life and customs.; BIO018000;FrancisSaint

Description

This book examines the spiritual community of the followers of St. Francis of Wounds in the town of Canindé in northeast Brazil. Their tradition involves pilgrimage and the practice of crafting unique offerings in payment for healing and reversal of bad fortune--a practice predating Christianity and brought to the new world by explorers and early European colonial powers. King argues that these marginalized Brazilians, living in a region where poverty is endemic, use St. Francis of Wounds to replace the medical and social services that the government has failed to provide. She further illustrates the evolution of the regional practice with photographs documenting all stages of this tradition, especially the folk art ex-votos used to pay for the saint's intervention.

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