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Embodying Black religions in Africa and its diasporas /

""Embodying Black Religions in African and Its Diasporas critically examines the role of the body as religiously motivated social action for people of African descent across the geographic regions of the African continent, the Caribbean and Latin America, the American South, and Europe. Ta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Covington-Ward, Yolanda, 1979- (Editor ), Jouili, Jeanette Selma (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
Colección:Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:""Embodying Black Religions in African and Its Diasporas critically examines the role of the body as religiously motivated social action for people of African descent across the geographic regions of the African continent, the Caribbean and Latin America, the American South, and Europe. Tackling a variety of religious contexts, from Pentecostalism, to Ifa divination, to Islam, the contributors investigate the complex intersections between the body, religious expression, and the construction and negotiation of particular social relationships and collective identities"--Publisher's description
"The contributors to Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas investigate the complex intersections between the body, religious expression, and the construction and negotiation of social relationships and collective identities throughout the Black diaspora."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 336 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1478013117
9781478013112
1478092343
9781478092346