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100 1 _aMurrell, Nathaniel Samuel,
_eauthor.
_927948
245 1 0 _aAfro-Caribbean religions :
_ban introduction to their historical, cultural, and sacred traditions /
_cNathaniel Samuel Murrell.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bTemple University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (viii, 431 pages) :
_billustrations, maps
336 _aText
_btxt
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337 _aComputermedien
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_2rdamedia
338 _aOnline Resource
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 395-414) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
520 _aThis volume traces the social, historical, and political contexts of those religions of the Caribbean that harken back to African roots. It examines the cultural traditions and transformations of every African-derived religion of the Caribbean, along with its cosmology, beliefs, cultic structures, and ritual practices.
542 _nAll rights reserved.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
733 0 _tACLS Humanities E-Book.
_nURL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
830 0 _aACLS Humanities E-Book.
_927949
856 4 0 _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb40064
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500 _aE-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal
653 _aAfro-Caribbean cults.
041 _aeng
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