Enskilment as Embodied Spirituality: From Possession to Precision in the Performative Settings of Two Brazilian Religions
Beiträge zur Praxeologie / Contributions to Praxeology 2026 Inger Sjørslev
Abstract Enskilment requires bodily involvement; and rarely, if ever, can bodily and spiritual practices be separated. In this chapter, two performative ritual settings are compared, one is the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé, in which possession by the gods (Orixas) is the core, the other is the Neo-Pentecostal (Evangelical) Church in Brazil, The Universal Church of The Kingdom of God (IURD), in...