Inhabitants of the Screen
Celebrity and the Production of Religious Authority in Bahian Candomblé
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19006497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Van De Port (0000-0003-3664-971X, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 254-274 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Academic Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-704X • E-ISSN: 2047-7058 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/jasr.v24i3.254 |
| OpenAlex | W2168029131 |
| Language | EN |
In Bahia, Brazil, the public articulation of religious authority comes to depend more and more on celebrity discourses. This article takes the Afro-Brazilian spirit possession cult Candomblé as an example to show how in media-saturated societies religious and media imaginaries become inextricably entangled. In their struggle to be publicly recognized as a proper ‘religion’, Candomblé priests ?nd themselves overcoming their media-shyness. Televisual fame is a value understood by the public at large, and its acquisition adds weight to the status and prestige of Candomblé priests in ways that religious criteria for priestly authority cannot accomplish
Cult · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |