Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and EspiritismoNYU Press, 2003 - 262 pages Creolization—the coming together of diverse beliefs and practices to form new beliefs and practices-is 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. |
Table des matières
1 Historical Background | 12 |
SanteriaRegla de Ocha | 24 |
3 The AfroCuban Religious Traditions of Regla de Palo and the Abakua Secret Society | 78 |
4 Haitian Vodou | 100 |
5 Obeah Myal and Quimbois | 130 |
6 Rastafarianism | 154 |
Creole Spiritism in Cuba Puerto Rico and the United States | 170 |
Glossary | 210 |
Notes | 218 |
Bibliography | 238 |
Discography | 252 |
About the Authors
| 262 |