Papers Session: Emerging Scholarship Workshop
Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)
The Spiritist Movement, organized by Allan Kardec in the second half of the 19th century, has seen remarkable involvement of women, both historically and in contemporary Brazil. This article addresses Spiritism's absence of hierarchy, emphasis on charity work, and mediumship nature, which align closely with traits traditionally associated with femininity, making it a feminist religion. Furthermore, millions of women throughout Brazil, victims of all types of violence, are assisted by Spiritist Societies through massive charity work organized mainly through women.