Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas : Performance, Representation, and the Making of Black Atlantic Tradition /

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"Explores how, in the Americas, people of African birth or descent found spiritual and social empowerment in the orbit of the Church. Draws connections between Afro-Catholic festivals and their precedents in the early modern Christian kingdom of Kongo"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fromont, Cecile (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fasts and feasts > Catholic Church.
Black people > Religion.
Africans > Religion.
African diaspora.
RELIGION > Holidays > Christian.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Africains > Pays etrangers.
Fêtes religieuses > Amerique > Église catholique.
Africains > Amerique > Religion.
Fasts and feasts > America > Catholic Church.
Black people > America > Religion.
Africans > America > Religion.
America.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"Explores how, in the Americas, people of African birth or descent found spiritual and social empowerment in the orbit of the Church. Draws connections between Afro-Catholic festivals and their precedents in the early modern Christian kingdom of Kongo"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages): illustrations (some color)
ISBN:9780271084367

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