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Praising his name in the dance : spirit possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha work in Trinidad, West Indies
- Title
- Praising his name in the dance : spirit possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha work in Trinidad, West Indies / Kenneth Anthony Lum.
- Author
- Lum, Kenneth Anthony.
- Publication
- Australia : Harwood Academic Publishers, c2000.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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- Description
- xvi, 317 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1561-2643 ; v. 1
- Subjects
- Note
- Rev. version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Queensland, 1989 issued under the title: Spirit possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha work in Trinidad.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction -- I Ethnographies -- 2 The Spiritual Baptist Faith: Introduction -- 3 The Spiritual Baptist Faith: Beliefs and Rituals -- 4 The Spiritual Baptist Faith: Manifestations -- 5 Orisha Work: Introduction -- 6 Orisha Work: Beliefs -- 7 Orisha Work: Rituals -- 8 Orisha Work: Manifestations -- 9 The Kabalistic Side -- II Commentary -- 10 The Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work: Histories of Their Populations -- 11 The Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work: Histories -- 12 Manifestation in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work: Exegesis and Comparison -- Appendices -- I Previous Research on Spirit Possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work in Trinidad -- II Practices Prohibited by the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance -- III Orisha Songs -- IV On a Person's Relationship with the Orishas -- V Pointing on Speech -- VI On the Kabalistic Spirits.
- Call Number
- Sc E 08-904
- ISBN
- 9057026104
- 9789057026102
- LCCN
- 2002421768
- OCLC
- 50385942
- Author
- Lum, Kenneth Anthony.
- Title
- Praising his name in the dance : spirit possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha work in Trinidad, West Indies / Kenneth Anthony Lum.
- Imprint
- Australia : Harwood Academic Publishers, c2000.
- Series
- Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1561-2643 ; v. 1
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 08-904