Representations of science and religion in the kardecist spiritism: ancient

Abstract

From an initial refletion on the permanences and transformances in the representations of “science” and “religion” in the kardecist spiritism, as well as its role in the formation of a strong religious identity, it is affirmed that there is an afinity between this problem and the methodological difficulties and linguistic traps in the representation of spiritism. Key words: Kardecist spiritism; Science and religion; Anthropology of religion; Religious identity.