Santo Daime: A New World Religion

by Andrew Dawson

Book Overview

Santo Daime: A New World Religion deals with a young, exotic and controversial religious movement. Emerging in the Brazilian Amazon in the 1930s, Santo Daime has since spread to many of the world's major cities. Santo Daime is a mixture of indigenous, popular Catholic, Afro-Brazilian, esoteric, Spiritist, and new age beliefs and activities. Ritual practice is centred on the consumption of a psychotropic beverage called 'Daime' which members...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441154248
• ISBN13: 9781441154248
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"