UID:
kobvindex_HPB779828059
Format:
1 online resource (280 pages)
ISBN:
9780814722848
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0814722849
Content:
The colonial history of the Caribbean created a context in which many religions, from Indigenous to African-based to Christian, intermingled with one another, creating a rich diversity of religious life. Caribbean Religious History offers the first comprehensive religious history of the region. Ennis B. Edmonds and Michelle A. Gonzalez begin their exploration with the religious traditions of the Amerindians who flourished prior to contact with European colonizers, then detail the transplantation of Catholic and Protestant Christianity and their centuries of struggles to become integral to the.
Note:
Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Caribbean Crossroads: Historical and Theoretical Considerations; 2 Amerindians and Spanish Catholics in Contact; 3 Early Colonial Catholicism; 4 For God and Nation: Protestantism in the Colonial Caribbean; 5 Creole African Traditions: Santería, Palo Monte, Abakuá, Vodou, and Espiritismo; 6 Afro-Christian Faiths: Revival Zion and Spiritual Baptists; 7 Mainline and Sideline: Post-Independence Mainline Protestantism and Pentecostalism; 8 Migration and Revitalization: Hinduism, Islam, and Rastafarianism.
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9 Legitimation, Indigenization, and ContextualizationConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Authors.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Edmonds, Ennis B. Caribbean Religious History : An Introduction. New York : NYU Press, ©2010 ISBN 9780814722343
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814722848
URL:
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814722343.001.0001
URL:
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