When Men Walk Dry: Portuguese Messianism in Brazil (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781555402570)

This book examines the nature of messianic movements by studying a specific case history. Carole Myscovski argues that underlying any single messianic movement is a messianic tradition that draws together messianic and related religious beliefs, rituals, and social structures. She traces the Luso-Brazilian messianic tradition from its origins in sixteenth-century Portugal to its flowering in colonial Brazil to its expression in three nineteenth-century messianic movements. Challenging sociopolitical and psychological analyses that reduce religious activity to proto-nationalism or psychosis, Myscofski establishes a historical model for investigating messianic movements in general, while providing new information about a little known Brazilian religious tradition.

Author: Carole a. Myscofski
ISBN-10: 1555402577
ISBN-13: 9781555402570
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/02/1989
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.44h x 6.44w x 0.55d