Cristina Rocha
Biographic Data
| ID | 95209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristina Rocha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Rocha |
| SIGNATURE | ROCHA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3140-4310 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 59 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 59 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Nature-connection and creation care in Australia: Intertwining Indigenous, Christian and holistic spiritualities
The lands now commonly known as Australia are religiously and spiritually diverse. Australians have long engaged in spiritual practices which are Indigenous, religious and/or holistic, with significant overlaps among these categories. In this article we focus on Common Grace, a nondenominational Christian group, as an example of spiritual diversity in contemporary Australia. We draw on interviews with Common Grace staff, and textual analysis of a…
African diasporas in Australia: Christianity and the complicated matter of trust
Christianity plays a foundational role in many communities in sub‐Saharan Africa. As migrants from the African continent arrive in Australia, the usual roles of religion (i.e., connecting to the spiritual world and strengthening community) become even more pronounced. Churches become trusted support institutions for settlement. Here, we consider the complexities of trust for Christian African migrants as they negotiate settlement in Australia. Fo…
Day-care centres in Portugal (1974-2023): Conceptions of Children, Education, and Care
Understanding education as a universally recognised right and a public good makes it relevant to explore its relation to children under the age of 3 in democratic Portugal and to debate the roles attributed to day-care centres, considering the interdependence between care and education. Grounded in the fields of educational sciences and the sociologies of childhood, family, and education, the aim of this study is to achieve these objectives by an…
A creche em Portugal (1974-2023): Conceções De Criança, Educação E Cuidado
O entendimento da educação como um direito universalmente reconhecido e como um bem comum torna pertinente indagar a sua relação com o caso específico das crianças até aos 3 anos no Portugal democrático e debater as funções atribuídas à creche, considerando a interdependência cuidar e educar. Referenciadas às Ciências da Educação e às Sociologias da Infância, da Família e da Educação perseguem-se aqueles objetivos submetendo à análise cinco docum…
Saving Australia: Global populism and the rhetoric of the Australian Christian Right
Comparison of the Effect of Motivation in Medical Students with the Use of Virtual Reality and Non-Immersive Digital Resources
The following article investigates the effect of advanced educational tools—virtual reality (Oculus) and the Sectra virtual anatomy table—on medical students’ motivation in learning anatomy. Conducted at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, the research involved 90 first-semester medical students divided into two groups, each utilizing one of the technologies during anatomy sessions. Motivation was assessed using the Reduced Instructional Mat…
Alguns contributos para a compreensão da construção médico-social da infância em Portugal (1820-1950)
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"Pensando Juntos O "Cristianismo Descolado
Cristianismo Descolado: O Complexo Industrial Da Moda-Celebridade-Megaigrejas
Neste artigo, analiso como a moda, as megaigrejas e a cultura jovem e de celebridade se unem no século XXI, dando origem ao fenômeno do "cristianismo descolado". Afirmo que esse cristianismo voltado para os jovens de classe média não é criado apenas pelas megaigrejas em uma tentativa de atrair as novas gerações, como geralmente se argumenta. Ele também é produzido por celebridades, pelo setor da moda e por jovens empreendedores cristãos. Argument…
Cool Christianity: Hillsong and the Fashioning of Cosmopolitan Identities
When did Christianity become cool? How did an Australian church conquer the world and expanded into Brazil, a country with its own crop of powerful megachurches? In her exciting new book, anthropologist Cristina Rocha analyzes the creation of a transnational Pentecostal field between Brazil and Australia, two countries that have been peripheral in the history of Pentecostalism but which more recently have been at the forefront of new forms of glo…
A relação educativa na creche como forma de parentalidade positiva: Contributos de uma etnografia em creches de Portugal
O artigo baseia-se numa observação etnográfica exploratória em quatro creches acolhendo crianças dos 3 meses aos 3 anos na cidade do Porto, em Portugal. O roteiro da observação etnográfica e da escrita foram os princípios da parentalidade positiva. Sendo psiquiatras, preocupados com a transmissão intergeracional dos transtornos que afetam a saúde mental a partir da infância, focamo-nos nas interações dos adultos com as crianças - educadoras de in…
Educational relationship at the daycare as a form of positive parenting: Contributions from an ethnography in daycare centers in Portugal
The article is based on an exploratory ethnographic observation in four daycare centers serving children from 3 months to 3 years old in Porto, Portugal. The roadmap for ethnographic observation were the principles of positive parenting. As psychiatrists, concerned with the intergenerational transmission of disorders that affect mental health from childhood onwards, we focus on the interactions of kindergarten teachers and education assistants wi…
Introduction to the Special Issue: (Con)spirituality, Science and Covid-19
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Body as Evidence of Truth: Biomedicine and Enduring Narratives of Religious and Spiritual Healing
Practitioners of alternative medicine and spirituality often highlight narratives of healing as evidence for the superiority of their modalities over Western biomedicine. We argue that this form of establishing and defending truth has a long history, and base this analysis on the historical and anthropological study of two periods: the late nineteenth century, when alternative theories about relations of mind, body and spirit flourished against a…
Buddhism in the Far North of Australia pre-WWII: (In)visibility, Post-colonialism and Materiality
Buddhism was first established in Australia through flows of migrants in the mid-nineteenth century, and is currently Australia’s fourth-largest religion. Yet Buddhists have received significantly less scholarly attention than Christians, Jews and Muslims in Australia. Previous research conducted on Buddhism in Australia has also largely centered on the southern states, and on white Buddhists. This article shares findings of archival research on …
Flows and Counterflows of Buddhism ‘South of the West’: Australia, New Zealand and Hawai‘i
Introduction to the JGB Special Focus section, "Flows and Counterflows of Buddhism ‘South of the West’: Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaiʻi." In this special issue, we endeavour to explore horizontal flows and counter flows of Buddhism on ‘paths less travelled’ across the Pacific sea of islands, and ‘South of the West’ (Gibson 1992) rather than the usual ‘from Asia to Europe and the Americas’ story. As such, this special issue fits within the mor…
Middle-class’ Africans in Australia: Choosing Hillsong as a global home
Much of the literature on Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity (Pc/C) and African diasporas in the Global North has focused upon African-Majority or -Initiated churches that are either branches of African churches or were created in the diaspora. This focus often frames the appeal of Pc/C to African migrants in terms of: a) its emphasis upon the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ offering a path not only to salvation, but also to earthly riches; b) its opportun…
Cool Christianity: The Fashion-Celebrity-Megachurch Industrial Complex
In this article, I analyze the ways in which fashion, megachurches, and celebrity and youth cultures coalesce in the 21st century, giving rise to the phenomenon of “Cool Christianity.” I contend that this repackaged Christianity, directed at the middle-class Millennials and Generation Z, is created not only by megachurches in a bid to attract new generations, as it is usually argued. It is also produced by celebrities, the fashion industry, and y…
Perspectives nouvelles autour de la mondialisation du champ religieux brésilien - New perspectives on the globalization of the Brazilian religious field
Global Religious Infrastructures: The Australian Megachurch Hillsong in Brazil
This article explores the infrastructures that allow the Australian Pentecostal megachurch Hillsong to expand into Brazil. Hillsong is a global religious phenomenon: it has branches in global cities, celebrities among its followers, and an award-winning worship band. Drawing on five years of multi-sited ethnography in Australia and Brazil, I analyse significant infrastructures - smart church buildings, hip soundscapes, and digital media - that en…
Materiality and Global Spiritual Networks: Old and new sacred places and objects
In this article, I am interested in how belief and religious materiality—sacred objects, places, infrastructures and digital media—are entangled in globalisation processes. Drawing on a case study of the John of God spiritual movement, I analyse the ways in which places and objects that have recently acquired sacred status enter into older, more established global spiritual networks, and by doing so are able to travel and ‘settle’ elsewhere. I ar…
Não há sol sem sombras”: Virtudes, impasses e limitações na pesquisa documental sobre a infância e sua educação em Portugal
A visibilidade da infância nas sociedades ocidentais contemporâneas, igualmente sentida nas Ciências Sociais e, em particular, na pesquisa em educação, expressa-se numa crescente área de estudos dedicada à Educação da Infância, em que se sublinha a importância das pesquisas documentais para esclarecer e divulgar o “estado da arte” ou o “estado do conhecimento” produzido. Neste texto, as mudanças no pensamento e nas práticas relativas à infância e…
God is in control”: Middle-class Pentecostalism and international student migration
In this article I explore the role of Pentecostalism in the lives of middle-class Brazilian students-turned-migrants in Australia. Brazilian students lead precarious lives in Australia. They are transitioning into adulthood, living away from the homeland and without their families for the first time and they experience downward mobility. In addition, they are at the mercy of constant changes in Australian migration policy. Drawing on three years …
Ethical education as a pillar of the future role of higher education: Analysing its presence in the curricula of engineering courses
Flows into the Global North: Building a Transnational Spiritual Community
Chapter 6 examines the transnationalization of the John of God movement, focusing particularly on the ways it puts down roots in the West. It argues that, in a seeming paradox, the John of God movement is able to grow outside Brazil because there is a strong pull in the opposite direction—toward Abadiânia. Because followers come to regard the Casa as their “spiritual home,” they work on ways of keeping their transnational connection to the Casa w…
John of God: The Globalization of Brazilian Faith Healing
This is the first ethnographic account of the global spiritual movement headed by John of God, a Brazilian faith healer. In just over a decade, John of God has become an international healer superstar—visited by thousands of the desperately ill, the wealthy, celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Ram Daas, Wayne Dyer, and Shirley MacLaine, and an increasing array of media. What sets John of God apart are his spectacular healing methods. He performs o…
Grafting Cultures: Longing and Belonging in Immigrants' Gardens and Backyards in Fairfield
This paper explores migration stories and examines the ways migrants use their gardens as sites of cultural practice in the Fairfield municipality of Western Sydney, one of the most ethnically diverse regions in Australia. We argue that many of those from diverse cultural backgrounds use their gardens in ways very different from the stereotypical conceptions of Australian suburbia. Far from being idyllic places of retreat and repose separate from…
Mortalidade infantil em duas coortes de base populacional no Sul do Brasil: Tendências E Diferenciais
Estudou-se a tendência temporal da mortalidade infantil através de dois estudos de coorte realizados em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, em 1982 e 1993. Ambas coortes incluíram todos os nascimentos hospitalares e óbitos verificados através de visitas regulares aos hospitais, cartórios e cemitérios. As informações sobre a causa de morte foram obtidas através de entrevistas com pediatras, revisão do prontuário, necrópsias e entrevista com os pais das cr…
God is in control”: Middle-class Pentecostalism and international student migration
In this article I explore the role of Pentecostalism in the lives of middle-class Brazilian students-turned-migrants in Australia. Brazilian students lead precarious lives in Australia. They are transitioning into adulthood, living away from the homeland and without their families for the first time and they experience downward mobility. In addition, they are at the mercy of constant changes in Australian migration policy. Drawing on three years …
Mortalidade perinatal em duas coortes de base populacional no Sul do Brasil: Tendências E Diferenciais
A evolução da mortalidade perinatal foi estudada em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, através de dois estudos de coorte realizados em 1982 e 1993. Todos os nascimentos hospitalares e os óbitos foram monitorizados com visitas diárias aos hospitais. A causa da morte foi determinada através de informações do prontuário, entrevista com o pediatra e de necrópsias. O coeficiente de mortalidade perinatal sofreu uma redução de 31% na década. O sub-registro que…
Global Religious Infrastructures: The Australian Megachurch Hillsong in Brazil
This article explores the infrastructures that allow the Australian Pentecostal megachurch Hillsong to expand into Brazil. Hillsong is a global religious phenomenon: it has branches in global cities, celebrities among its followers, and an award-winning worship band. Drawing on five years of multi-sited ethnography in Australia and Brazil, I analyse significant infrastructures - smart church buildings, hip soundscapes, and digital media - that en…
Imagining Latin America in Australia: Migration, Culture and Multiculturalism
Cool Christianity: Hillsong and the Fashioning of Cosmopolitan Identities
When did Christianity become cool? How did an Australian church conquer the world and expanded into Brazil, a country with its own crop of powerful megachurches? In her exciting new book, anthropologist Cristina Rocha analyzes the creation of a transnational Pentecostal field between Brazil and Australia, two countries that have been peripheral in the history of Pentecostalism but which more recently have been at the forefront of new forms of glo…
Intimate Multiculturalism: Transnationalism and Belonging amongst Capoeiristas in Australia
Capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian dance-cum-martial art, has acquired a worldwide popularity. In this paper, we explore the relationships established by Australian students and Brazilian masters of Capoeira. We draw on and extend Wise and Velayutham's notion of everyday multiculturalism. This concept points to the need to research informal vernacular intercultural negotiations that happen at an everyday level. However, we wish to drill down beneath th…
Ethical education as a pillar of the future role of higher education: Analysing its presence in the curricula of engineering courses
O Brasil na nova cartografia global da religião
Este artigo analisa as mudanças sociais, econômicas, culturais e religiosas que fizeram do Brasil um polo importante de produção do sagrado numa emergente cartografia global. Esta cartografia é policêntrica e entrecortada por uma miríade de redes transnacionais e multi-direcionais que facilitam o rápido movimento de pessoas, ideias, imagens, capitais e mercadorias. Entre os vetores que vamos examinar estão: imigrantes brasileiros que na tentativa…
Middle-class’ Africans in Australia: Choosing Hillsong as a global home
Much of the literature on Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity (Pc/C) and African diasporas in the Global North has focused upon African-Majority or -Initiated churches that are either branches of African churches or were created in the diaspora. This focus often frames the appeal of Pc/C to African migrants in terms of: a) its emphasis upon the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ offering a path not only to salvation, but also to earthly riches; b) its opportun…
Saving Australia: Global populism and the rhetoric of the Australian Christian Right
Perspectives nouvelles autour de la mondialisation du champ religieux brésilien - New perspectives on the globalization of the Brazilian religious field
A Megaigreja Hillsong no Brasil: A constituição de um campo religioso transnacional entre o Brasil e a Austrália
O Brasil é o maior país pentecostal do mundo e é sede de várias megaigrejas. No entanto, a megaigreja australiana Hillsong escolheu a cidade de São Paulo para estabelecer uma de suas filiais em 2016. Neste artigo investigo as conexões transnacionais que propiciaram a chegada da Hillsong no Brasil. Defendo que a intensa globalização das últimas duas décadas (particularmente as novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação) e o desejo de fazer part…
Cristianismo Descolado: O Complexo Industrial Da Moda-Celebridade-Megaigrejas
Neste artigo, analiso como a moda, as megaigrejas e a cultura jovem e de celebridade se unem no século XXI, dando origem ao fenômeno do "cristianismo descolado". Afirmo que esse cristianismo voltado para os jovens de classe média não é criado apenas pelas megaigrejas em uma tentativa de atrair as novas gerações, como geralmente se argumenta. Ele também é produzido por celebridades, pelo setor da moda e por jovens empreendedores cristãos. Argument…
Cool Christianity: The Fashion-Celebrity-Megachurch Industrial Complex
In this article, I analyze the ways in which fashion, megachurches, and celebrity and youth cultures coalesce in the 21st century, giving rise to the phenomenon of “Cool Christianity.” I contend that this repackaged Christianity, directed at the middle-class Millennials and Generation Z, is created not only by megachurches in a bid to attract new generations, as it is usually argued. It is also produced by celebrities, the fashion industry, and y…
A globalização da cura espírita Biomedicina, João de Deus e seus seguidores australianos
João de Deus é um médium curador espírita que se tornou bastante conhecido fora do Brasil. A Casa de Dom Inácio, seu centro de cura em Abadiânia, perto de Brasília, recebe milhares de estrangeiros do mundo inteiro e o médium viaja constantemente à Europa e aos Estados Unidos para participar de eventos de cura organizados por seguidores estrangeiros. Este artigo baseia-se em pesquisa etnográfica realizada no Brasil, Austrália e Nova Zelândia e em …
Global Power Relations at Play in Fieldwork: Researching Brazilian Spiritism
In this paper I seek to discuss the methodological challenges of conducting fieldwork amongst one’s own. I explore the fluidity of the outsider/insider identity within the research. I argue that a global “power-geometry” is at play when establishing rapport with a community where fieldwork is conducted. Using the Brazilian Spiritist healing centre established by John of God (João de Deus) as a case study, I show that the field in Brazil is not is…
Filosofia, gênero e ciência: Entrevista com Eulalia Pérez Sedeño
Identity and tea ceremony in Brazil
Mortalidade infantil em duas coortes de base populacional no Sul do Brasil: Tendências E Diferenciais
Estudou-se a tendência temporal da mortalidade infantil através de dois estudos de coorte realizados em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, em 1982 e 1993. Ambas coortes incluíram todos os nascimentos hospitalares e óbitos verificados através de visitas regulares aos hospitais, cartórios e cemitérios. As informações sobre a causa de morte foram obtidas através de entrevistas com pediatras, revisão do prontuário, necrópsias e entrevista com os pais das cr…
Mortalidade perinatal em duas coortes de base populacional no Sul do Brasil: Tendências E Diferenciais
A evolução da mortalidade perinatal foi estudada em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, através de dois estudos de coorte realizados em 1982 e 1993. Todos os nascimentos hospitalares e os óbitos foram monitorizados com visitas diárias aos hospitais. A causa da morte foi determinada através de informações do prontuário, entrevista com o pediatra e de necrópsias. O coeficiente de mortalidade perinatal sofreu uma redução de 31% na década. O sub-registro que…
A cerimônia do chá como fator de identidade cultural para imigrantes japoneses e seus descendentes no Brasil
This article makes use of a traditional Japanese art, tea ceremony, to examine the attitudes of immigrants who have to face cultural assimilation. In order to do that the author draws a parallel between Brazilian history after World War II and the behavior of immigrants and their descendants since then. Issei (first generation) and (second generation) led different ways since the end of the war. Enjoying a more economically stable situation, and …
Identity and tea ceremony in Brazil
Zazen or not zazen? The predicament of Sōtōshū's Kaikyōshi in Brazil
In this paper, I discuss the establishment of SŌtŌ Zenshu missions in Brazil. I contend that the discourse on Zen that emerged from the writings of D. T. Suzuki and the Kyoto School to resist Western cultural hegemonynot only fed the Zen boom in the West, but has more recently impacted on the Zen practice of some Japanese. I show that Japanese SŌtŌshŪ kaikyoshi who catered to the (mostly) non-Japanese Brazilian community since 1968 embraced Suzuk…
Grafting Cultures: Longing and Belonging in Immigrants' Gardens and Backyards in Fairfield
This paper explores migration stories and examines the ways migrants use their gardens as sites of cultural practice in the Fairfield municipality of Western Sydney, one of the most ethnically diverse regions in Australia. We argue that many of those from diverse cultural backgrounds use their gardens in ways very different from the stereotypical conceptions of Australian suburbia. Far from being idyllic places of retreat and repose separate from…
Gênero e contracepção: Uma Perspectiva Sociológica
E significativa e intensa a trajetoria de Luzinete Simoes Minella no campo dos estudos de genero, particularmente nas atividades que desenvolveu no âmbito da Linha de Pesquisa “Saude e Sociedade no Brasil” durante os anos 90 e, atualmente, na Linha de Pesquisa “Geracoes, Genero, Etnia e Educacao”, ambas do Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Sociologia Politica. A autora tem atuado, tambem, na Area de Estudos de Genero do Doutorado Interdisciplinar. Est…
Expressões do ciberfeminismo na contemporaneidade
O objetivo deste texto é contribuir com informações e reflexões para o campo de estudos de gênero e tecnociência no que diz respeito a um dos seus mais recentes segmentos: o ciberfeminismo. Explicito algumas de suas expressões nos trabalhos desenvolvidos por mulheres na área das ciências exatas, que é um reduto hegemônica e historicamente masculino. Essa explicitação é evidenciada nas narrativas das entrevistadas enquanto recorte dos resultados d…
Quêtes transnationales de médecines « traditionnelles: La guérison spirituelle brésilienne en Océanie
« Je ne suis pas un charlatan. Je ne fais pas d’argent avec ça. J’ai été invité à venir dans ce pays. Ça fait quarante ans que je guéris, et je n’aurais pas pu abuser les gens pendant si longtemps. » Ce furent les premiers mots que j’ai entendu de la bouche de João de Deus pendant un entretien (avorté) à l’occasion de sa tournée en Nouvelle Zélande, en 2006. João de Deus (John of God, « Jean de Dieu » comme le nomment ses disciples anglophones) e…
All Roads Come from Zen: Busshinji as a Reference to Buddhism
This paper explores the historical role of Busshinji temple as a center of Buddhism in Brazil for non-Japanese. Busshinji was established by Sotoshu as a betsuin (branch temple) in the city of Sao Paulo in 1956. Drawing on interviews with early adherents, I intend to argue that many first attended Busshinji as it was the only Buddhist temple offering meditation in Sao Paulo. For these followers, it was their first point of contact with Buddhism. …
Seeking healing transnationally: Australians, John of God and Brazilian Spiritism
João de Deus (John of God) is a Brazilian faith healer who has become increasingly well‐known outside Brazil. In 2006 alone he was invited to conduct healing events in Germany, the United States of America and New Zealand. He returned to the United States of America and New Zealand in 2007, and in 2008 was once again in the United States of America. There are plans for him to come to Australia in the near future. This article is based on ethnogra…
Filosofia, gênero e ciência: Entrevista com Eulalia Pérez Sedeño
Global Power Relations at Play in Fieldwork: Researching Brazilian Spiritism
In this paper I seek to discuss the methodological challenges of conducting fieldwork amongst one’s own. I explore the fluidity of the outsider/insider identity within the research. I argue that a global “power-geometry” is at play when establishing rapport with a community where fieldwork is conducted. Using the Brazilian Spiritist healing centre established by John of God (João de Deus) as a case study, I show that the field in Brazil is not is…
Establishing the John of God Movement in Australia: Healing, Hybridity and Cultural Appropriation
João de Deus (John of God) is a Brazilian faith healer who has been attracting a large number of followers outside his country. In the past decade, he has conducted international healing events in Germany, the US, and New Zealand, among others. As a consequence, John of God’s story has been told in documentaries on North American, British, Australian, and New Zealand television. Many of these documentaries have been uploaded by followers on You T…
Sôtô Zenshû no Brasil: A Crioulização de Práticas Cotidianas
Sôtô Zenshû foi a primeira escola budista japonesa no Brasil que atraiu membros sem ascendência japonesa. Ao mesmo tempo diversos imigrantes converteram-se para o catolicismo, alguns ainda antes da sua saída do Japão. Mais recentemente, o Budismo em geral e o Zen, em particular, desfrutou de um ressurgimento devido a popularização da espiritualidade no ambiente da Nova Era. O artigo parte da hipótese de que esse campo religioso pluralista tem pro…
Building a Transnational Spiritual Community: The John of God Movement in Australia
In this chapter the author analyzes the transnationalization of the John of God movement. The author argues that the intense flows of people, sacred objects, ideas, practices and ‘spirits’ between the Casa de Dom Inacio and Australia create a transnational spiritual community comprised of healers, the ill, those who seek spiritual growth, and tour guides. The chapter calls for the expansion of its scope to encompass other transnational communitie…
The Diaspora of Brazilian Religions
The Diaspora of Brazilian Religions explores the global spread of religions originating in Brazil, a country that has emerged as a major pole of religious innovation and production. Through ethnographically-rich case studies throughout the world, ranging from the Americas (Canada, the U.S., Peru, and Argentina) and Europe (the U.K., Portugal, and the Netherlands) to Asia (Japan) and Oceania (Australia), the book examines the conditions, actors, a…
A Globalização do Budismo
Neste artigo argumento que a globalização do budismo é parte de um fenômeno muito maior da globalização da cultura. Enquanto até o século XVIII havia uma globalização 'fina,' na qual o budismo era disseminado somente na Ásia, hoje temos uma globalização 'densa,' em que a Ásia não é o único centro do qual partem os fluxos globais de budismo. Nesta época de 'budismo global' os fluxos se disseminam pelo mundo como um rizoma, várias tradições coexist…
Intimate Multiculturalism: Transnationalism and Belonging amongst Capoeiristas in Australia
Capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian dance-cum-martial art, has acquired a worldwide popularity. In this paper, we explore the relationships established by Australian students and Brazilian masters of Capoeira. We draw on and extend Wise and Velayutham's notion of everyday multiculturalism. This concept points to the need to research informal vernacular intercultural negotiations that happen at an everyday level. However, we wish to drill down beneath th…
Triangular Circulation: Japanese Brazilians on the Move between Japan, Australia and Brazil
This article considers the place of Australia within the network of sites through which Japanese Brazilian migrants move. In doing so, it aims to demonstrate the importance of moving beyond a bi-focal analysis of transnationalism to one which encompasses a multiplicity of sites and migrants’ diverse strategies to cross these national borders. Here I analyse the triangular circulation of young middle-class Japanese Brazilians and the establishment…
Imagining Latin America in Australia: Migration, Culture and Multiculturalism
O Brasil na nova cartografia global da religião
Este artigo analisa as mudanças sociais, econômicas, culturais e religiosas que fizeram do Brasil um polo importante de produção do sagrado numa emergente cartografia global. Esta cartografia é policêntrica e entrecortada por uma miríade de redes transnacionais e multi-direcionais que facilitam o rápido movimento de pessoas, ideias, imagens, capitais e mercadorias. Entre os vetores que vamos examinar estão: imigrantes brasileiros que na tentativa…
A globalização da cura espírita Biomedicina, João de Deus e seus seguidores australianos
João de Deus é um médium curador espírita que se tornou bastante conhecido fora do Brasil. A Casa de Dom Inácio, seu centro de cura em Abadiânia, perto de Brasília, recebe milhares de estrangeiros do mundo inteiro e o médium viaja constantemente à Europa e aos Estados Unidos para participar de eventos de cura organizados por seguidores estrangeiros. Este artigo baseia-se em pesquisa etnográfica realizada no Brasil, Austrália e Nova Zelândia e em …
Buddhism in Latin America
This chapter presents an overview of developments of Buddhism in Latin America. Although not a major religion in the region, Buddhism has thrived among the tertiary-educated, white middle classes. Nevertheless, there has been a paucity of research on the topic, and the region seldom features in the scholarship on global Buddhism. Drawing on the extant scholarly work, government statistics, and Internet sites of Buddhist institutions, this chapter…
A Megaigreja Hillsong no Brasil: A constituição de um campo religioso transnacional entre o Brasil e a Austrália
O Brasil é o maior país pentecostal do mundo e é sede de várias megaigrejas. No entanto, a megaigreja australiana Hillsong escolheu a cidade de São Paulo para estabelecer uma de suas filiais em 2016. Neste artigo investigo as conexões transnacionais que propiciaram a chegada da Hillsong no Brasil. Defendo que a intensa globalização das últimas duas décadas (particularmente as novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação) e o desejo de fazer part…
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