Maria Jose de Abreu, "The Charismatic Gymnasium: Breath, Media, and Religious Revivalism in Contemporary Brazil" (Duke UP, 2021)
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Religion and Politics in Contemporary Brazil
As a child, my mother emigrated to brazil. She was joining her two brothers who migrated clandestinely during the 19 60 escaping poverty in portugal. And so i have no doubt that this experience as a young child would influence my interest in the in the topic of religion and politics. As i later became a student of entropology, e, i thought, you know, bBrazil er was my, ought to say, my great bayo. Otherwise, had my mother not come to portugal, b Brazil would have been my home and perhaps my citizenship.
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