Messianism and Protestantism in Brazil's Sertão

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ID4547559
AuthorsDonald Edward Curry (SUNY New Paltz, corresponding author)
Year1970
Volume12
Issue3
Pages416-438
Publication date1970-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/175025
OpenAlexW2783473864
LanguagePT
Citations received1
References cited14

A "messiah," as the term is used here, is taken to mean a person believing himself to be divinely called, as a result of a dream or a series of visions, to lead a group of people from some catastrophic set of conditions into a more perfect state of affairs. "Messianism" is a term used in a variety of ways but usually to characterize a religious movement led by a messiah.Sertãois a Portuguese word meaning simply "hinterland" or interior and is usually taken to refer to a region in Brazil known as thepolígona das sêcas(drought polygon) which extends over an area of the states of Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, and Bahia subject to periodic and unpredictable droughts

Archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Judaism · Messiah · Messianism · Protestantism · Subject (documents) · Theology · Vision · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religious studies

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