New Age Religions in Belém, Brazil: Between Cosmopolitism and Local Identity

Authors

  • Daniela Cordovil Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Religião da Universidade do Estado do Pará

Keywords:

New Age, modernity, alternative religions, esoterism, mysticism

Abstract

This article examines the penetration of groups and religious doctrines connected with New Age phenomenon in Belém, Pará. While highlighting the existence of groups with no fixed leadership and eclectic individual searches, the research also discusses the existence of a set of religions and doctrines with give strong emphasis to the collective element. I characterize those groups as New Age Religions because they add value to a New Age sense of community, built from patterns inscribed in modernity. The existence of New Age Religions in Belém indicates pluralization of the religious field in the Amazon, influenced by new experiences and identities that arose in modernity.

Author Biography

Daniela Cordovil, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Religião da Universidade do Estado do Pará

Doutora em Antropologia Social pela Universidade de Brasília, UnB (2006). Professora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Religião da Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA). Líder do grupo de pesquisa Neoesoterismo e Religiões Alternativas (NERA).

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Published

2015-06-21

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2015): Religião e comida: perspectivas para o estudo das religiões

Section

Intercâmbio

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