Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition : : An Introduction / / Margarite Fernández Olmos, Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert.

An updated introduction to the religions developed in the Caribbean regionCreole Religions of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive introduction to the overlapping religions that have developed as a result of the creolization process. Caribbean peoples drew on the variants of Christianity brought by...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 27 b/w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword to the Second Edition (2011)
  • Preface to the First Edition (2003)
  • Preface to the Second Edition (2011)
  • Preface to the Third Edition (2021)
  • Introduction
  • 1. Historical Background
  • 2. The Orisha Tradition in Cuba: Santería/Regla de Ocha
  • 3. The Afro-Cuban Religious Traditions of Regla de Palo and the Abakuá Secret Society
  • 4. Haitian Vodou: Forging a Creole Religion in Haiti
  • 5. Obeah, Myal, and Quimbois
  • 6. Rastafari
  • 7. Espiritismo: Creole Spiritism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Authors