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1. Visualizing the sacred: Video technology, "televisual" style, and the religious imagination in Bahian candomblé.

Author

van de Port, Mattijs

Subjects
*MASS media in religion, *MASS media & religion, *TELEVISION, *VIDEOS, *CANDOMBLE (Religion), *AFRO-Brazilian religions
Abstract

The article focuses on the effects of new media technologies, such as televisions and videos, on religious imaginations on Bahian candomblé cult in Brazil. The authorities within the cult said that media technologies is in complete opposition with authentic traditional religion. A discussion on the video productions already made had revealed that the cult community members are modern media consumers. Television has become an authenticating and authorizing agent in the religious field.

Published
2006
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2. A Refuge in Thunder (Book Review).

Author

Burdick, John

Subjects
*CANDOMBLE (Religion), *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'A Refuge in Thunder: Candomble and Alternative Spaces of Blackness,' by Rachel E. Harding.

Published
2001
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