From the crossroads to the Federal Superior Court: The ritual sacrifice of animals of the Afro-Brazilian religions, religious racism and the defense of animals
Afro-Brazilian religions; ritual sacrifice of animals; umbanda.
This thesis aims to understand the factors that put the ritual sacrifice of animals on the agenda in legislative assemblies and city councils in Brazil. To this end, it discusses the sacrifice of animals based on the formation of Umbanda, with the Umbanda Pombagira Rainha Center in Natal / RN as its research field. Showing the syncretism and conflicts inherent in socio-cultural processes. In addition to actions of intolerance and racism related to Afro-Brazilian religiosity. Thus, the thesis postulates the relationship of two movements that took the agenda of banning animal sacrifice rituals of Afro-Brazilian religions to the Legislative and Judiciary: the increase of evangelical parliamentarians and the context of the expansion of the defense of rights discourse of the animals.