Spirit possession and cultural innovation: the case of two Japanese femane religious leaders
lt's usual to consider religion as a conservative institution. Nonetheless , this article shows that it may also have a great transfoming potential. The history of two Japanese religious founders, Miki Nakayama (1789-1887) and Nao Deguchi (1836-1918) is taken to discuss three leve is of religio...
Main Author: | Ronan Alves Pereira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
1995-06-01
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Series: | Revista de Antropologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/ra/article/view/111442 |
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