Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Thesis (PhD (Science of Religion))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Science of Religion and Missiology / unrestricted

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:12:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissetacao_maria_jesus.pdf: 1230235 bytes, checksum: 8d1183a8e0a05f0bfeddd7c42b56259a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-01-14 / The Black Brotherhoods of Goiana were advocates of devotion and defenders of religious and african cultural traditions. This study considers them under three perspectives: as diverse forms of collective representations and expressions of the sacred; as a technique in societal control by catholic authorities; and, as syncretism while simultaneously being a mythical-symbolical strategy of resistance. In this historical reconstruction, the Black Brotherhoods reveal their sacred and black cultural reminiscences in their feasts, processions and funerals. The strong control exercised by both Church and State over the Brotherhoods forced the black man to create collective representations, ways to organize so that he could preserve his ethos. This happened at the same time when it was possible for him to affirm his identity in a social and cultural space as resistance. In this perspective, syncretism, as lived in the Black Brotherhoods, was a significant force in maintaining african traditions / As Irmandades de Homens Pretos de Goiana se apresentam como núcleos de devoção e resistência das tradições religiosas e culturais africanas. O presente trabalho acadêmico procura considerá-las sob três perspectivas: das diversas formas de representações coletivas e manifestações do sagrado; das táticas de controle social das autoridades católicas e civis e do sincretismo enquanto estratégia de resistência mítico-simbólica. Nessa nossa reconstrução histórico-religiosa, as Irmandades de Homens Pretos são nichos de manifestações do sagrado e das reminiscências culturais dos negros, cuja expressão é evidenciada nas festas, procissões e nos enterros por elas promovidos. O forte controle exercido pela Igreja e o Estado sobre essas Irmandades obrigou o negro a criar, a partir das representações coletivas, dispositivos de organização em que pudessem se incorporar, preservando seu ethos, ao mesmo tempo em que permitiu a elaboração de um território sócio-cultural de resistência e demarcador de identidades. Nessa perspectiva, o sincretismo vivenciado nas Irmandades de homens de cor foi uma presença marcante na manutenção das tradições africanas

Submitted by Biblioteca Central (biblioteca@unicap.br) on 2017-11-20T18:27:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_mario_carmelo_barbosa_santos.pdf: 1102077 bytes, checksum: dea404018efede357fc3277ae9447cd8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-20T18:27:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_mario_carmelo_barbosa_santos.pdf: 1102077 bytes, checksum: dea404018efede357fc3277ae9447cd8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-18 / One of the major characteristics of the brazilian religious matrix is religious sincretism. This is a result of the process of conflict and interaction of indigenous, European and African cultural currents. Afro-catholic syncretism, lived by thousands of brasilians, is one of the more valuable and complex variations of this process, “Afro-catholic syncretism: between Oxun and Our Lady of Carmo”, the subject of this dissertation, focuses its research on the city of Goiana, Pernambuco. Beginning with the contribution of afro-catholic syncretism based on the theory of archetypes of C. G. Jung as presented by Pedro Iwashita, this study seeks to understand the sincretic experience of the some of the devotees of the orixá Oxun and Our Lady of Carmo. The results of this dissertation contribute to the comprehension, in an interdisciplinary manner, of the phenomena of afro-catholic syncretism. / A matriz religiosa brasileira tem no sincretismo religioso uma das suas características mais marcantes. Fruto de processos de interação e conflito do substrato cultural indígena, europeu e africano. Uma das mais ricas e complexas variações deste processo é o sincretismo afrocatólico, vivido por milhares de brasileiros. Essa Dissertação que tem como tema ”Sincretismo Afro-Católico: entre Oxun e Nossa Senhora do Carmo”, tem a cidade de Goiana, em Pernambuco, como foco de sua pesquisa. Ela busca compreender a experiência sincrética de alguns fiéis do Candomblé, entre o orixá Oxun e Nossa Senhora do Carmo, partindo da contribuição do sincretismo afro-católico a partir da teoria dos arquétipos de C. G. Jung, proposta por Pedro Iwashita, como uma contribuição para a compreensão, de forma interdisciplinar do fenômeno do sincretismo afro-católico.

O estudo da religiosidade e da religião na festa é fundamental para a compreensão do mito, rito e os símbolos inseridos na devoção e na promessa ao santo, tendo como inspiração pontual o foco dos rituais, especialmente o rito processional, ou seja, o itinerante que ainda perpassa o século XXI, mesmo diante de tanta dessacralização. O propósito desta pesquisa é refletir no ritual itinerante, diferentes expressões como gestos, silêncio, vestimentas caracterizadas, objetos, bandeiras e sons que se encontram movimentando as relações de proximidade entre o romeiro (devoto e/ou curioso) e o santo. Para tornar esta reflexão fundamentada, decidimos partir de uma pesquisa de campo, durante cinco dias, junto aos frequentadores, devotos promesseiros, tentando coletar informações livres e espontâneas, agregando-a ao material bibliográfico que trata do mito, rito e símbolos utilizados pelo caminheiro na procissão de Santa Luzia. O nosso objetivo é apontar as diversas expressões de religiosidade na festa da Santa Padroeira; pontuar a importância dos ritos itinerantes como fenômeno religioso numa sociedade secularizada; refletir o rito ao ar livre a partir de uma relação próxima entre o fiel e o divino; entender o sincretismo e a noção de sagrado, usando a metodologia da observação-participante, na tentativa de garantir a identidade e práticas sociorreligiosas na festa de Santa Luzia em Mossoró (RN) / The study of religiosity and of religion in the feast is crucial to the understanding of myth,ritual and symbols inserted in devotion and promise to the saint, taking as inspiration the focus point of the rituals, especially the ritual procession, or even touring runs through the twenty-first century, even at such desecration. The purpose of this research is to reflect on the shifting ritual, different expressions such as gestures, silence, clothing characterized, objects, banners and sounds that are moving the close relations between the pilgrim (devout and/or curious) and the saint. To make this reflection based we decided to depart from a field research for five days, along with visitors, devotees promisers, trying to gather free and spontaneous information, adding to the bibliography, dealing with myth, ritual and symbols used by the walker in the procession of St. Lucy. The objective is to point the name of the various expressions of religious feast of the Patron Saint; to emphasize the importance of the rites as itinerant religious phenomenon in a secularizing society, reflecting the open air rite from a close relationship between the believer and the divine; to understand syncretism and the notion of sacred, using the methodology of participant observation on the feast of St. Lucy in Mossoró (RN)

Este trabalho analisa a importância de algumas esculturas sacras, pertencentes ao Museu de Arte Sacra de Pernambuco MASPE, bem como algumas peças de Igrejas do sítio histórico de Olinda, como objetos que resguardam em seus símbolos elementos de relevância para a compreensão histórica da formação religiosa e cultural brasileira. Para tanto, remontamos a formação do catolicismo brasileiro que compõe parte da cultura nacional, através da investigação histórica. Para contextualizarmos o componente histórico recorremos a autores que refletem, sobre a formação do catolicismo e, consequentemente, da Igreja no Brasil, pois para compreendermos as esculturas tivemos que primeiro entender o processo histórico onde as mesmas foram construídas. Após a reconstrução histórica, buscamos analisar os elementos, culturais simbólicos, que sintetizaram os extratos socioculturais e devocionais resplandecente nas peças, tentando, assim, demonstrar a importância desse patrimônio histórico, que compõem parte da identidade cultural brasileira. / This paper analyzes the importance of some sacred sculptures, belonging to the Sacred Art Museum of Pernambuco - MASPE as well as some parts of Olinda's historical site Churches, as objects that shelter in their relevant elements symbols for the historical understanding of religious formation and Brazilian culture. Therefore, we reassemble the formation of Brazilian Catholicism that makes up part of the national culture through historical research. To contextualize the historical component resort to authors who reflect on the formation of Catholicism and, consequently, the Church in Brazil, because to understand the sculptures had to first understand the historical process where they were built. After the historical reconstruction, we analyze the elements, cultural - symbolic, which summarized the socio-cultural and devotional extracts resplendent in pieces, trying to thus demonstrate the importance of this heritage, which make up part of Brazilian cultural identity.

Such research aims to study the Feast Laundering dedicated to orisha Oxalá held at wide of Rosário, Penedo, Alagoas. The ritual takes place for about thirteen years, and was inspired by the traditional washing of Lord of Bonfim in Salvador, through the redefinition symbolic elements. During its realization are washed the churchyard of the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black and Alley of Laziness, spaces that represent the opposition between the sacred and the profane, which are taken by the festivities of the street carnival after washing. The ritual presents itself as a festival of purification, being the greatest expressions of religious syncretism in the city, and develops through an action that relates Catholicism and Candomblé honoring Oxalá, the orisha of creation, but also have a reference to African mythology. The goal is to develop a discussion about the meaning of the ritual washing of the Rosary from the ethnographic work, analyze the involvement of the participants and their performances, ritual symbols, its organizational and historical context, as a ritual that combines faith and celebration and that develops over time and space festive carnival. / A referida pesquisa tem como objeto de estudo a Festa da Lavagem dedicada ao orixá Oxalá realizada no Largo do Rosário, em Penedo, Alagoas. O ritual acontece há cerca de treze anos, e foi inspirado na tradicional lavagem do Senhor do Bonfim de Salvador, através da ressignificação de elementos simbólicos. Durante sua realização são lavados o Beco da Preguiça e o adro da Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos, espaços que representam a oposição entre o sagrado e o profano e que são tomados pelos festejos do carnaval de rua após a lavagem. O ritual se apresenta enquanto uma festa de purificação, sendo uma das maiores expressões do sincretismo religioso na cidade, e se desenvolve através de uma ação que relaciona o catolicismo e o candomblé em homenagem a Oxalá, o orixá da criação, possuindo também uma referência à mitologia africana. O objetivo é desenvolver uma discussão acerca do significado ritual da lavagem do Rosário a partir do trabalho etnográfico, analisar o envolvimento dos participantes e suas performances, os símbolos rituais, sua forma de organização e contexto histórico, enquanto um ritual que agrega fé e festa e que se desenvolve durante o tempo e espaço festivos do carnaval.

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Explains how Afro-Cuban culture influenced African-American jazzmen and led to the formation of Afro-Cuban or Latin jazz in 1947 by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo. Explores the musical connections between the physical plane of Cuba and the United States, and the esoteric spiritual world of the orishas and myths coming to life in sacred and secular music forms.

Text in Afrikaans / Summary in Afrikaans and English / This study is an attempt to analyse and describe syncretism as an encompassing phenomenon from a historical-educational perspective. In recent times, the ideas of globalization, the influence of modern science, as well as certain ideas concerning modern education, are closely related to the manifestation of syncretism. A study of various exemplars from the past and present disclosed the essences of syncretism, thus unveiling the religious growth-motives that underlie syncretism, which also played an important role in the development of Western civilization and the modem world. The multi-faith idea (the idea of unity and synthesis), the idea of secularization, and the idea of relativity, were identified as prominent characteristics of syncretism. The identification and analysis of the essences of syncretism and supporting religious principles. become possible when syncretism is set in opposition to the Biblical and reformational thought processes. Bible-based education provides an alternative to syncretism in a fast changing and post-modern world. It gives perspective on the instruction to people to care for and develop God's creation. The intrinsic characteristics of Bible-based education were used as evaluation criteria in an attempt to expose syncretism. The characteristics of Bible-based education which also provide a framework for establishing a corrective to the problematic educational situation, are the following: • the acknowledgement of the Holy Trinity as central to man's existence; • the Bible/Holy Scriptures as essential for a Christian world and life view; • the essence of a Christian anthropology; • education as the fulfilment of God's covenant with man; • the directive role of Bible-based norms; • the transfer of culture through education • Biblical cosmology as an expression of the Christian faith; • the reformational aspect of Bible-based education. In the evaluation of syncretism, it was discovered that the relationship between man and the Holy Trinity would be negatively affected if the Christian religion were not regarded as the only source of truth concerning the salvation of man and the true meaning of life. The influence of syncretism necessitates a reformational and antithetical approach, which constantly emphasises the importance of the educator's role in the teaching and education of the child in the modem educational system. / In hierdie studie word gepoog om die sinkretisme as omvattende verskynsel vanuit 'n histories-opvoedkundige perspektief te ontleed en te omskryf. Die globaliseringsverskynsel, die inwerking van die modeme wetenskap en bepaalde idees in die moderne onderwys hang saam met die manifestasie van die sinkretisme in die eietyd. In 'n eksemplariese verlede- en eietydse studie is grondig ondersoek ingestel na tendense en verskynsels wat die wesenlike van die sinkretisme openbaar. Religieuse grondmotiewe in die Westerse beskawingsontwikkeling het 'n wesenlike bydrae gelewer tot die opkoms van die sinkretisme van die moderne wereld. Die wesenskenmerke wat prominent in die eksemplariese ondersoek betreffende die realisering van die sinkretisme gemanifesteer het, was die multireligieuse/intergeloofsidee en sintesedenke (eenheidsidee), die sekulariseringsverskynsel en die relatiwiteitsverskynsel. Die identifisering en ontleding van die wesenskenmerke van die sinkretisme en ondersteunende religieuse grondmotiewe word moontlik indien die sinkretisme teenoor die Bybelse en reformatoriese denkhouding gestel word. Bybelgefundeerde onderwys bied 'n altematief vir die sinkretisme in 'n snel veranderende en postmodeme wereld en gee perspektief aan die mens se beheersingsopdrag in die skeppingswerklikheid. Die wesenskenmerke van Bybelgefundeerde onderwys is as evalueringskriteria aangewend in 'n poging om die sinkretisme in sy ware gedaante te ontbloot. Die wesenskenmerke wat terselfdertyd die raamwerk vir die daarstel van 'n korrektief vir die problematiese onderwyssituasie bied, is: • God Drie-enig as sentrale uitgangspunt; • die Bybel/Heilige Skrif as essensieel vir 'n Christelike lewens en wereldbeskouing; • die Christelike mensbeeld (antropologie) as voorwaarde vir Bybel-gefundeerde onderwys • onderwys en opvoeding as die bevestiging van God se verbond met die mens; • die rigtinggewende rol van Bybelgefundeerde norme; • kultuuroordrag en Bybelgefundeerde onderwys; • die Bybelse skeppingsleer as 'n uitdrukking van die Christelike geioof; • die refonnatoriese/gereformeerde inslag van Bybelgefundeerde onder­wys In die evaluering van die sinkretisme is bevind dat die mens se grondverhouding met God Drie-enig aangetas word indien die Christelike godsdiens nie as die enigste bron van waarheid betreffende die mens se redding en toekomsverwagting beskou word nie. Die inwerking van die sinkretisme noodsaak in die moderne onderwyssisteem 'n reformatoriese en antitetiese denkhouding wat die mens deurlopend opskerp ten opsigte van sy rol as opvoeder in die opvoeding en onderwys van die kind. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (History of Education)