The Saints in the Houses: ethnography on the religious pluralism within families in smaller Brazilian municipality

• Grant number: 11/22349-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2012
• End date: December 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Antônio Mendes da Costa Braga
• Grantee: Carlos Eduardo Machado
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FFC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Marília. Marília , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to study the religious plurality intrafamilial developed in the city of Bora, SP. And It is recognized in 2010 as the city with the lowest quota Brazilin population, with about 805 inhabitants, Bora presents an intense change in familiar religiosity, opening a field of tensions, conflicts, and reciprocities between religious beliefs and practices.(AU)