{"title":"The Religious Persecution of Casa do Rei e Senhor das Alturas","authors":"Vilson Caetano De Sousa","doi":"10.5325/jafrireli.9.2.0262","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This essay recounts how a Candomblé terreiro in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, was harassed by a neighbor. By lodging fictitious or exaggerated complaints to the authorities, neighbors harness the power of the state to support their intolerance against Afro-Brazilian religions.","PeriodicalId":41877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Africana Religions","volume":"9 1","pages":"262 - 267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2021-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Africana Religions","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5325/jafrireli.9.2.0262","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract:This essay recounts how a Candomblé terreiro in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, was harassed by a neighbor. By lodging fictitious or exaggerated complaints to the authorities, neighbors harness the power of the state to support their intolerance against Afro-Brazilian religions.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Africana Religions publishes critical scholarship on Africana religions, including the religious traditions of African and African Diasporic peoples as well as religious traditions influenced by the diverse cultural heritage of Africa. An interdisciplinary journal encompassing history, anthropology, Africana studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, religious studies, and other allied disciplines, the Journal of Africana Religions embraces a variety of humanistic and social scientific methodologies in understanding the social, political, and cultural meanings and functions of Africana religions.