Creole religions of the Caribbean : an introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo /
"Creolization--the coming together of diverse beliefs and practices to form new beliefs and practices--is one of the most significant phenomena in Caribbean religious history. Brought together in the crucible of the sugar plantation, Caribbean peoples drew on the variants of Christianity brough...
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2011.
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Édition: | 2nd ed. |
Collection: | Religion, race, and ethnicity.
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Table des matières:
- Historical background
- The Orisha tradition in Cuba : Santería/Regla de Ocha
- The Afro-Cuban religious traditions of Regla de Palo and the Abakuá Secret Society
- Haitian Vodou
- Obeah, Myal, and Quimbois
- Rastafarianism
- Espiritismo : Creole spiritism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States.