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Article: The African Religions of Brazil: Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
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THE AFRICAN RELIGIONS OF BRAZIL: TOWARD A SOCIOLOGY OF THE INTERPENETRATION OF CIVILIZATIONS. By Roger Bastide. Translated from the French by Helen Sebba. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 2007. Pp. v + 494. $25.
Bastide's study of the survival and transmutation of the African religions in Brazil (first published in 1960) has become a near classic. The subtitle captures much of B.'s thrust; he is mainly concerned with the interpenetration of civilizations--in Brazil's case, the African, Indian, and Portuguese civilizations.
African religions survived better in Brazil than in North America, in part because Catholic societies are more amenable to ...