Religious metamorphoses in the old center of São Paulo: variations on landscape and space

In our days, the metropolitan territory configures as an unsacred space and the metropolis assumes the model of the modern occupation of territory: rationalization of the space, the time and the functions. In the metropolis the origins, the dynamics and relationships between sacred and profane acqui...

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Autores: Passos, João Décio, Guerriero, Silas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669475
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8669475
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Espacio urbano
Sagrado y profano
São Paulo
Paisajes religiosos
Espaço urbano
Sagrado e profano
Paisagens religiosas
Urban territory
Secred and profane
São Paulo city
Religions landscape
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Sumario:In our days, the metropolitan territory configures as an unsacred space and the metropolis assumes the model of the modern occupation of territory: rationalization of the space, the time and the functions. In the metropolis the origins, the dynamics and relationships between sacred and profane acquire specifics space and time qualities, contrasting the old opposition between both of these terms. The religious groups build own places in the metropolitan territoriality. The aim of the research was to revisit the religious landscape and the religious space of the ancient downtown of São Paulo city. It searches to explain the currents configurations inside the metropolitan scenery and also it seeks to elucidate the dynamics specialization through the religious expressions. The religious landscape was been build in each age with specifics functions. At this moment, which is the relationship between the religious landscape and the profane landscape?