Caldeirao da Santa Cruz do Deserto (1926-1936): Utopia in Northeast of Brazil
Caldeirao da Santa Cruz do Deserto (1926-1936): Utopia in Northeast of Brazil
Author(s): Michel Macedo MarquesSubject(s): History of ideas, History of Religion
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: Intentional Communities; Utopia; Caldeirão da Santa Cruz do Deserto; Beato José Lourenço; Primitive Christianity; Cariri;
Summary/Abstract: José Lourenço was a religious leader who, in the interior of the State of Ceará, Brazil, organized intentional communities, formed by peasants, who practiced cooperativism based on primitive Christianity along the lines of the Jesuit missions. The Community of Caldeirão da Santa Cruz do Deserto, in particular, was home to around 2 thousand people who produced their own food, clothes, tools, among other things, and shared everything according to each person's needs. The community was attacked and destroyed under the accusation of being communists and representing a danger to the Republic recently installed in Brazil.
Journal: Caietele Echinox
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 46
- Page Range: 96-112
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
