RELIGION: intuition (OT) ( wasRe: dreaming and remembering)

[Guest guest]

> Can you shed any light on why the Virgin in South and Central

> American Christianity has the same focus Jesus does here and

> elsewhere? Often wondered wheather there is a cultural reason like

> matriarchy and/or it made conversion easier by appealing to the women.

>

> I'm adding the religion modifier likes and as co moderator should

> demonstrate.

>

> Wanita

Interesting question, Wanita. I don't have a clear-cut answer, but I

believe it has to do with Catholicism itself, in which the Virgin has a

very prominent role. Brazil was colonized by Portugal, where there is a

strong devotion to , and evangelized mostly by Jesuits, who also

hold the Virgin very highly. I don't think it is linked with

matriarchy, because I see most of Latin American as very patriarchal,

even more than the Anglo-Saxon world. So maybe here is another reason

for the devotion to : it was the women's attempt to restore a lost

balance with the males through the influence of religion.

If I remember anything else, I will tell you, right? Thanks for the

question.

José