Bastide ctd

19th century foreign Catholic priests; rejection of Catholic heritage¹ (341-345)

20th century concern to re-engage with Black population² (345)

lack of priests led to degeneration into popular Catholicism (esp. in rural areas) so that Whites--> Medieval prayers Black--> Orixas; in both cases emergence of the cult of the saints³ (348-351)

importance of healing, mysticism for status of priests⁴

1R Bastide, The African Religions of Brazil: Towards a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations (London: John Hopkins University Press, 1978) 341–345.

2R Bastide, The African Religions of Brazil: Towards a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations (London: John Hopkins University Press, 1978) 345.

3R Bastide, The African Religions of Brazil: Towards a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations (London: John Hopkins University Press, 1978) 348–351.

4R Bastide, The African Religions of Brazil: Towards a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations (London: John Hopkins University Press, 1978) 351–352.