"Everything is energy" - New Age and Umbanda in dialogue

Authors

  • Amurabi Oliveira UFSC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia Política

Keywords:

New Age, Esoteric Umbanda, Afro-Brazilian religions, Cultural translation, New Religious Movements

Abstract

The plural and open character of the New Age has been highlighted by a series of researchers dedicated to this field of study, but the discussion about the New Age dialogues with the Umbanda in Brazil is still incipient. In this work, I focus on what is generally y called Esoteric Umbanda, indicating s spectrum of possibilities in the arrangement between the New Age and Umbanda resulting from the perception of the religious agents who treats the elements of the two universes as different but not as opposites. My observations result from my fieldwork in two Umbanda centers in the metropolitan area of Florianopolis, highlight the plurality of possible practices created by the dialogue between New Age and Umbanda.

Author Biography

Amurabi Oliveira, UFSC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia Política

Doutor em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Professor da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), atuante em seu Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia PolíticaUFSC). Pesquisador do CNPq nível 2.

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Published

2016-08-31

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2016): Nova Era: aportes teóricos e situacionais

Section

Seção Temática

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