The Religious Foundations of Capoeira Angola
The Cosmopolitics of an Apparently Non-religious Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4771387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergio Armando González Varela (0000-0002-9124-3782, corresponding author), Sergio González Varela |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2150-9298 • E-ISSN: 2150-9301 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/arrs.2017.080105 |
| OpenAlex | W2762019926 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 23 |
Scholars commonly associate the religiosity of capoeira with the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, although some consider capoeira to be exclusively a martial art or even a sport. From the vantage point of the leaders of capoeira Angola groups, their individual power comes from a set of magical attributes that go beyond the influence of Afro-Brazilian religions. In this article, I explore an alternative form of spirituality that is based on the existence of spiritual beings such as the ancestors and the dead mestres (leaders). I argue that these entities emerge only in capoeira performances, affecting ritual action in such a way as to constitute an alternative form of religion that co-exists with Candomblé. By focusing on the effects that these spirits have in the configuration of charismatic personal power, it is possible to delineate cosmological attributes that make capoeira a potential religious practice in its own right
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |