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Language: en
Pages: 280
Pages: 280
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-02 - Publisher: NYU Press
The colonial history of the Caribbean created a context in which many religions, from indigenous to African-based to Christian, intermingled with one another, c
Language: en
Pages: 324
Pages: 324
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-11 - Publisher: NYU Press
A comprehensive introduction to the syncretic religions developed in the Caribbean region Creolization—the coming together of diverse beliefs and practices to
Language: en
Pages: 432
Pages: 432
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-25 - Publisher: Temple University Press
Religion is one of the most important elements of Afro-Caribbean culture linking its people to their African past, from Haitian Vodou and Cuban Santeria—popul
Language: en
Pages: 327
Pages: 327
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-01 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Kristen Block examines the entangled histories of Spain and England in the Caribbean during the long seventeenth century, focusing on colonialism’s two main g
Language: en
Pages: 373
Pages: 373
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-13 - Publisher: Duke University Press
This collection looks at Caribbean religious history from the late 18th century to the present including obeah, vodou, santeria, candomble, and brujeria. The co