Moved by the Dead
Book • 2025
Michael Amoruso's 'Moved by the Dead' delves into the religious practice of devotion to souls in the urban landscape of São Paulo.
Through ethnographic research, the book examines how devotees connect with the dead in Catholic churches and cemeteries.
Amoruso argues that this devotion serves as a form of mnemonic repair, linking the living to the dead.
This book highlights the ways in which devotion adapts and challenges conventional ideas of religion by linking the living to the dead in a struggle against forgetting.
The research also uncovers the blending of African, Portuguese, and Indigenous cultural influences within this religious expression.
Through ethnographic research, the book examines how devotees connect with the dead in Catholic churches and cemeteries.
Amoruso argues that this devotion serves as a form of mnemonic repair, linking the living to the dead.
This book highlights the ways in which devotion adapts and challenges conventional ideas of religion by linking the living to the dead in a struggle against forgetting.
The research also uncovers the blending of African, Portuguese, and Indigenous cultural influences within this religious expression.
