Caribbean Religious History: An Introduction - Couverture rigide

Edmonds, Ennis B.; Gonzalez, Michelle A.

 
9780814722343: Caribbean Religious History: An Introduction
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0814722342 ISBN 13 : 9780814722343
Editeur : New York University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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 Caribbean's religious ethos, and trace the twentieth century penetration of American Evangelical Christianity, particularly in its Pentecostal and Holiness iterations. Caribbean Religious History also illuminates the influence of Africans and their descendants on the shaping of such religious traditions as Vodou, Santeria, Revival Zion, Spiritual Baptists, and Rastafari, and the success of Indian indentured laborers and their descendants in reconstituting Hindu and Islamic practices in their new environment.
Paying careful attention to the region's social and political history, Edmonds and Gonzalez present a one-volume panoramic introduction to this religiously vibrant part of the world.

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À propos des auteurs

Ennis B. Edmonds is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Kenyon College and author of Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers.

Michelle A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami and author of Afro-Cuban Theology: Religion, Race, Culture, and Identity.

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Éditeur
New York University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0814722342
ISBN 13 
9780814722343
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
270
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10 :  0814722350 ISBN 13 :  9780814722350
Editeur : New York University Press, 2010
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