SPATIAL DIMENSION OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2018.e17006

Keywords:

Mythical Geography and Profethic Geography; simbolic form; geograficidade; Terreiro do Cobre and Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus

Abstract

This article discusses the spatial dimension of the religious experience between candomblecistas and evangelicals, which involves these agents’ spatial practices and equally, their representations of space. This is done by establishing a parallel between Mythical Geography and Prophetic Geography with Candomblé (Terreiro do Cobre) and Neo-Pentecostalism (Universal Church of the Kingdom of God), respectively. These geographies (Mythical and Prophetic) were described by Dardel (2015) and express various ways of human beings relating to the Earth. It is these modes of relationship with space - synthesized in the concept of geographicity - that are discussed based on distinct creeds in which different ways of perceiving, representing and acting in reality are presented through two symbolic forms (CASSIRER, 1994), that of myth - which substantiates a Mythical Geography - and that of religion - which in turn gives rise to a Prophetic Geography.

Keywords: Mythical Geography and Prophetic Geography; symbolic form; geographicity; Terreiro do Cobre and Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

Author Biography

  • Caê Garcia Carvalho, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)

    Bacharel e licenciado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (2014). Mestre pela mesma instituição (2016). Trabalha com a Geografia Cultural, Geografia Regional e Geografia da Religião.

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Published

2018-03-05

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Vol. 17 (2018)

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