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9781555402570
This book examines the nature of messianic movements by studying aspecific case history. Carole Myscovski argues that underlying any singlemessianic movement is a messianic tradition that draws together messianic andrelated religious beliefs, rituals, and social structures. She traces theLuso-Brazilian messianic tradition from its origins in sixteenth-centuryPortugal to its flowering in colonial Brazil to its expression in threenineteenth-century messianic movements. Challenging sociopolitical andpsychological analyses that reduce religious activity to proto-nationalism orpsychosis, Myscofski establishes a historical model for investigating messianicmovements in general, while providing new information about a little knownBrazilian religious tradition.Myscofski, Carol A. is the author of 'When Men Walk Dry Portuguese Messianism in Brazil' with ISBN 9781555402570 and ISBN 1555402577.
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