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Afro-Brazilian religions:

(1) linked to the black population

(2) described as a force behind the abolition of slavery

(3) "religion of trance and ecstasy." ¹(63)

(4) "Trance, animal sacrifices and celebrations of this religion attract nowadays more and more white intellectuals, who enjoy this religion as a joyful break with the theology of sin and fault that dominates traditional churches. Candomble puts no ethical demands to the behaviour of its faithfuL" ²(63)

claims that the penetration of white intellectuals makes it more individualistic, less ethnic and reduces its female character ³(63)

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In Brazil New Age movements mix:

(1) native Indian philosophy and shamanism

(2) notions from western philosophy of religion; and spiritism ⁴(64)

"The appeal upon intellectuals and people of middle class in general must be understood from the perspective of the emphasis on the exotic, the body, the importance given to festivals and the lack of ethical demands and notions of guilt." ⁵(64)

1 L Troch, 'Ecclesiogenesis: the Patchwork of New Religious Communities in Brazil' Exchange 33:1 (2004), 54–72, 63.

2 L Troch, 'Ecclesiogenesis: the Patchwork of New Religious Communities in Brazil' Exchange 33:1 (2004), 54–72, 63.

3 L Troch, 'Ecclesiogenesis: the Patchwork of New Religious Communities in Brazil' Exchange 33:1 (2004), 54–72, 63.

4 L Troch, 'Ecclesiogenesis: the Patchwork of New Religious Communities in Brazil' Exchange 33:1 (2004), 54–72, 64.

5 L Troch, 'Ecclesiogenesis: the Patchwork of New Religious Communities in Brazil' Exchange 33:1 (2004), 54–72, 64.