Abstract
Based on an ethnography conducted between 2013 and 2015, this article explores how a former Charismatic Evangelical community has developed a dramatic Judaizing process in Brazil. While this transformation seeks to restore some Christian understandings and practices deemed as `degenerated', the community's shift is also motivated by claims of a recovered Jewish descent through Bnei Anussim identities. By embodying religious observance inspired by Jewish Orthodoxy the community collectively reconstructs their Marrano's identities. However, rather than a linear identification with Judaism, the community negotiate their radical Judaising process with elements of their Christian past.
| Translated title of the contribution | Embodying Marrano's Roots - Jewish Ritual and Identity among 'Judaising Evangelicals' in Brazil |
|---|---|
| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 167-191 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Lusotopie |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb-2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Judaizing Evangelicals
- Marranos
- cultural change
- Christian Philo-Semitism
- Charismatic Evangelicals
- Brazil