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Page 339
... Brazilian cults have roots sunk deep into the religions of African slaves transplanted to the New World . Afro - Brazilian rites often centre on possession by a supernatural being , called an orixá . The innumerable orixás are ranked in ...
... Brazilian cults have roots sunk deep into the religions of African slaves transplanted to the New World . Afro - Brazilian rites often centre on possession by a supernatural being , called an orixá . The innumerable orixás are ranked in ...
Page 366
... Brazilian Chris- tianity ; and MARC DE CIVRIEUX , Watunna : An Orinoco Creation Cycle , trans . from Spanish ( 1980 ) . Roles of Christianity : The relation of the Christian commu- nity to the world is discussed in ERNST TROELTSCH , The ...
... Brazilian Chris- tianity ; and MARC DE CIVRIEUX , Watunna : An Orinoco Creation Cycle , trans . from Spanish ( 1980 ) . Roles of Christianity : The relation of the Christian commu- nity to the world is discussed in ERNST TROELTSCH , The ...
Page 718
... Brazilian shield has been underthrust beneath the Cordillera Oriental , which comprises the western edge of a wide fold and thrust belt . This fold and thrust belt is marked by north - south trending folds and north - south trending ...
... Brazilian shield has been underthrust beneath the Cordillera Oriental , which comprises the western edge of a wide fold and thrust belt . This fold and thrust belt is marked by north - south trending folds and north - south trending ...
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