Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and EspiritismoNYU Press, 2011 - 309 pages CreolizationOCothe coming together of diverse beliefs and practices to form new beliefs and practicesOCois one of the most significant phenomena in Caribbean religious history. Brought together in the crucible of the sugar plantation, Caribbean peoples drew on the variants of Christianity brought by European colonizers, as well as on African religious and healing traditions and the remnants of Amerindian practices, to fashion new systems of belief. Creole Religions of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive introduction to the syncretic religions that have developed in the region. From Vodou, Santer a, Regla de Palo, the Abakui Secret Society, and Obeah to Quimbois and Espiritismo, the volume traces the historicalOCocultural origins of the major Creole religions, as well as the newer traditions such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism. This second edition updates the scholarship on the religions themselves and also expands the regional considerations of the Diaspora to the U. S. Latino community who are influenced by Creole spiritual practices. Fernindez Olmos and ParavisiniOCoGebert also take into account the increased significance of material cultureOCoart, music, literatureOCoand healing practices influenced by Creole religions. In the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series" |
Table des matières
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| 20 | |
SanteríaRegla de Ocha | 33 |
3 The AfroCuban Religious Traditions of Regla de Palo and the Abakuá Secret Society | 88 |
4 Haitian Vodou | 116 |
5 Obeah Myal and Quimbois | 155 |
6 Rastafarianism | 183 |
Creole Spiritism in Cuba Puerto Rico and the United States | 203 |
Glossary | 251 |
Notes | 259 |
| 279 | |
| 295 | |
About the Authors | 309 |
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Abakuá aché African African-derived Afro-Cuban Afro-Cuban religions altar American ancestors babalao batá batá drums belief cabildos Caribbean Catholic saints Catholicism century ceremonies Changó Christian client colonial Congo Creole religions creolization Cuba Cuban cult cultural dance dead deities described devotees Diaspora divination drums Eleguá Espiritismo Ezili Haile Selassie Haiti Haitian Revolution Haitian Vodou healer healing herbs human Ifá initiation island iyawó Jamaica Kardec Kumina linked Lucumí magic manifest mediums movement Myal ñáñigos nation nganga Obatalá Obeah Obeahmen Ochosi Ochún offerings Ogún Olodumare one’s orisha Orula ounfo oungan Palo Monte Petwo political popular possession practitioners priest Puerto Rican Rasta Rastafarian Regla de Ocha Regla de Palo religious practices Rico rites ritual role sacred sacrifice Santería Santería/Regla de Ocha santero santo secret slaves social society Spanish Spiritist spirits sugar symbolic syncretism tion traditions Vodou women worship Yemayá Yoruba