Christiancentrism

building concepts

Authors

  • Hendrix Alessandro Anzorena Silveira

Keywords:

Christiancentrism, Eurocentrism, Culture

Abstract

Culture is a web of meanings where the subject is objectified. This "web of meanings", however, is built by society itself that experiences culture. This paper tries to demonstrate how the Brazilian culture is Christiancentered, that is, it is referenced by the civilizational values built by Christianity. The understanding of this is not entirely new, but there is no term that made this paradigm more clearly. Based on authors such as Paul Tillich, Clifford Geertz and Zygmunt Bauman, among others, hermeneutised by the postcolonial theories, we will test this hypothesis with the intention of formulating a concept for the neologism Cristianocentrism.

Author Biography

Hendrix Alessandro Anzorena Silveira

Bolsista CAPES. Doutorando e Mestre em Teologia e História (EST). Professor e Babalorixá da Comunidade Tradicional de Matriz Africana Ilé Àṣẹ Òrìṣà Wúre. Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

Published

2022-03-31

How to Cite

Silveira, H. A. A. . (2022). Christiancentrism: building concepts. Identidade!, 21(2), 234–242. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1422

Issue

Section

RELIGIÃO, IDENTIDADE E HISTÓRIA