- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 431 p.) : ill., maps.
- Uniform Title
- Afro-Caribbean religions (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Afro-Caribbean religions (Online)
- Subject
- Afro-Caribbean cults
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I: African connections : historical roots of Afro-Caribbean religions. Yoruba, Fon-Ewe, Ashanti, and Kongo cultural history -- African cultus and functionaries -- Part II: Vodou : Haitian religion. Vodou and the Haitians' struggle -- Serving the lwa -- Part III: Santeria and Palo Monte : Cuban religion of the Orisha and drums. Caribbean Santeria -- Energy of the Ashe community and cultus -- Palo Monte Mayombe -- Part IV: Creole religions of the Southern Caribbean. Dancing to Orixas' axe in Candomble -- Umbanda and its antecedents -- Orisha powers: Creole religion in Trinidad and Tobago -- Part V: Jamaica's Creole religions : culture of resistance and rhythms. Obeah : magical art of resistance -- Myal and Kumina in Jamaica's past -- Poco, Zion and Convince -- The Rastafari chant.
- LCCN
- 2009012263
- OCLC
- ssj0000356392
- Author
Murrell, Nathaniel Samuel.
- Title
Afro-Caribbean religions [electronic resource] : an introduction to their historical, cultural, and sacred traditions / Nathaniel Samuel Murrell.
- Imprint
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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