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Afro-Caribbean religions : an introduction to their historical, cultural, and sacred traditions
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  • Västindien : Murrell
Personnamn
  • Murrell, Nathaniel Samuel
Titel och upphov
  • Afro-Caribbean religions : an introduction to their historical, cultural, and sacred traditions
Utgivning, distribution etc.
  • Temple University Press, Philadelphia : 2010
DDC klassifikationskod (Dewey Decimal Classification)
  • 299.689729
SAB klassifikationskod
  • 299.689729
Fysisk beskrivning
  • viii, 431 p. : ill.
Anmärkning: Bibliografi etc.
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-414) and index
Anmärkning: Innehåll
  • 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
Anmärkning: Innehållsbeskrivning, sammanfattning
  • 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
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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