Sincretismo e Resistência: o caso africano da igreja Oruuano

In the beginnings of the 19th century, the Herero, a people living in subsaarian Africa, were confronted with European colonialism. On this clash their religious system based on ancestors’ worship was hardly threatened by German Luteranism, spread by missionaries and followers newly arrived at the t...

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Autor principal:	Josué Tomasini Castro
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN ES FR PT
Publicado:	Universidade Federal do Paraná 2008
Materias:	Herero colonialism syncretism resistance Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform HN1-995
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0eb39756f035418cbc627904bb6208222021-12-02T10:51:10ZSincretismo e Resistência: o caso africano da igreja Oruuano1519-5538https://doaj.org/article/0eb39756f035418cbc627904bb6208222008-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/campos/article/view/13870/9343https://doaj.org/toc/1519-5538In the beginnings of the 19th century, the Herero, a people living in subsaarian Africa, were confronted with European colonialism. On this clash their religious system based on ancestors’ worship was hardly threatened by German Luteranism, spread by missionaries and followers newly arrived at the territory, which were responsible for a long and complicated process of Christianization. The constant demonization of herero’s tradition and its imminent loss of power resulted in the genesis of some political and cultural focuses of resistance. From these emerged the Oruuano Church, the resistance objectification of the dominated minority. Based on fieldwork conducted in the village of Okondjatu, Namíbia, among herero people, this paper intends to discuss some general aspects of this resistance movement. Working with herero narratives, effort is made to understand sincretic characteristics of the Oruuano Church and some of its general aspects issued by its followers. It is suggested that the Oruuano Church might be understood as an identity and cultural resistance movement.Josué Tomasini CastroUniversidade Federal do ParanáarticleHererocolonialismsyncretismresistanceSocial history and conditions. Social problems. Social reformHN1-995ENESFRPTCampos, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 131-157 (2008)
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description	In the beginnings of the 19th century, the Herero, a people living in subsaarian Africa, were confronted with European colonialism. On this clash their religious system based on ancestors’ worship was hardly threatened by German Luteranism, spread by missionaries and followers newly arrived at the territory, which were responsible for a long and complicated process of Christianization. The constant demonization of herero’s tradition and its imminent loss of power resulted in the genesis of some political and cultural focuses of resistance. From these emerged the Oruuano Church, the resistance objectification of the dominated minority. Based on fieldwork conducted in the village of Okondjatu, Namíbia, among herero people, this paper intends to discuss some general aspects of this resistance movement. Working with herero narratives, effort is made to understand sincretic characteristics of the Oruuano Church and some of its general aspects issued by its followers. It is suggested that the Oruuano Church might be understood as an identity and cultural resistance movement.
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title	Sincretismo e Resistência: o caso africano da igreja Oruuano
title_short	Sincretismo e Resistência: o caso africano da igreja Oruuano
title_full	Sincretismo e Resistência: o caso africano da igreja Oruuano
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Sincretismo e Resistência: o caso africano da igreja Oruuano

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