Constructing otherness: relations between priests, pastors and shamans in anthropological and historical description

• Grant number: 11/07618-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2011
• End date: May 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Melvina Afra Mendes de Araújo
• Grantee: Thiago Fijos de Souza
• Host Institution: Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 08/10758-0 - Alterity and mediation: processes of construction of the ‘other’ in catholic and protestant universes in Brazil and Africa, AP.JP

Abstract

Summary: In this project we propose an analysis of the literature that dealt with the theme christianity and shamanism, as well as the relationship between these actors, Native american indians and christian missionaries.