| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
List of Tables and Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I; 1. Orisha Experiences; 2. Religion, Postmodernism, and Methodology; 3. The Setting; Part II; 4. African Roots of the Orisha Religion; 5. Catholicism and the Orisha Religion; 6. The Spiritual Baptists; 7. Hinduism and the Kabbalah; Part III; 8. Spirits and Spirit Possession; 9. Social Organization of the Orisha Religion; 10. The Orisha and Their Abodes; 11. The Ebo, Feast for the Gods; Part IV; 12. The Orisha Religion as an Open System; 13. Syncretism and Eclecticism versus Africanization |
| Summary |
"Valuable, well-presented study examines background, rites and ceremonies, and social organization of Orisha religion, 'arguably the most purely African cultural practice left on the island.' However, worshipers combine, in varying degrees, elements from five traditions - African, Catholic, Hindu, Protestant, and Kabbalah - to form an 'Afro-American religious complex.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas |
| Analysis |
"Multi-User" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Houk, James T. (James Titus), 1955-
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| SUBJECT |
Houk, James T. (James Titus), 1955-
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Houk, James T. (James Titus), 1955- fast |
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Black people -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Religion
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RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Black people -- Religion
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Religion
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Religion
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Volksgeloof.
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Godsdienst.
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Noirs -- Trinité-et-Tobago -- Religion.
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Trinidad and Tobago -- Religion
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Trinidad und Tobago
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Schwärze
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Trinité-et-Tobago -- Religion.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
94046666 |
| ISBN |
9781439903766 |
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143990376X |
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9781566393492 |
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1566393493 |
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9781566393508 |
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1566393507 |
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