Las raíces coloniales de la religiosidad brasileña
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Las religiones y las religiosidades son
unos de los fenómenos más importantes
en la formación de las culturas y sociedades,
siempre existiendo en la vinculación
fuerte con el contexto donde han surgido
y integrados con todos sus elementos. El
objetivo de este artículo lo constituye un
acercamiento a los procesos históricos de
formación de la religiosidad brasileña desde
la época colonial, haciendo especial hincapié
en los factores que en mayor medida
han contribuido a darle su carácter de apertura
en la adaptación no sólo de la religión
dominante (catolicismo lusitano), pero
también de otras religiones, a las condiciones
latinoamericanas, procesándolas in situ
según las necesidades de los brasileños y
convertiéndolas en una parte auténtica del
‘alma brasileña’.
Both religions and religiosities have always been one of the most important phenomena in the process of formation of cultures and societies, existing in strong connection with the context in which they appeared and integrated with all of its ingredients. The objective of this article is to approach the historical processes of formation of the Brazilian religiosity since the colonial period, highlighting factors which to the greatest extent have contributed towards its qualities of openness in the adaptation of not only dominating religion (Lusitan Catholicism), but also other religions, to Latin American conditions, processing them in situ according to the necessities of Brazilian people and converting them into a genuine part of the ‘Brazilian soul’.
Both religions and religiosities have always been one of the most important phenomena in the process of formation of cultures and societies, existing in strong connection with the context in which they appeared and integrated with all of its ingredients. The objective of this article is to approach the historical processes of formation of the Brazilian religiosity since the colonial period, highlighting factors which to the greatest extent have contributed towards its qualities of openness in the adaptation of not only dominating religion (Lusitan Catholicism), but also other religions, to Latin American conditions, processing them in situ according to the necessities of Brazilian people and converting them into a genuine part of the ‘Brazilian soul’.







