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Main Entry - Personal Name Murrell, Nathaniel Samuel
Title Statement Afro-Caribbean religions : an introduction to their historical, cultural, and sacred traditions
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) Temple University Press, Philadelphia : 2010
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-414) and index
Formatted Contents Note Introduction -- Part I: African connections : historical roots of Afro-Caribbean religions. Yoruba, Fon-Ewe, Ashanti, and Kongo cultural history -- African cultus and functionaries -- Part II: Vodou : Haitian religion. Vodou and the Haitians' struggle -- Serving the lwa -- Part III: Santeria and Palo Monte : Cuban religion of the Orisha and drums. Caribbean Santeria -- Energy of the Ashe community and cultus -- Palo Monte Mayombe -- Part IV: Creole religions of the Southern Caribbean. Dancing to Orixas' axe in Candomble -- Umbanda and its antecedents -- Orisha powers: Creole religion in Trinidad and Tobago -- Part V: Jamaica's Creole religions : culture of resistance and rhythms. Obeah : magical art of resistance -- Myal and Kumina in Jamaica's past -- Poco, Zion and Convince -- The Rastafari chant
Summary, etc This volume traces the social, historical, and political contexts of those religions of the Caribbean that harken back to African roots. It examines the cultural traditions and transformations of every African-derived religion of the Caribbean, along with its cosmology, beliefs, cultic structures, and ritual practices
Subject - Topical Term Afro-Caribbean cults. Religion Västindien Yoruba historia Ashanti Kongo (Kinshasa) historia Voodoo
ISBN 9781439900413 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1439900418 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781439900406 (cloth : alk. paper) 143990040X (cloth : alk. paper)
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