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Spirits, blood, and drums : the Orisha religion in Trinidad /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houk, James T. (James Titus), 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Blacks > Trinidad and Tobago > Religion.
Trinidad and Tobago > Religion.
Houk, James T. > (James Titus), > 1955-
Religion.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
Volksgeloof.
Godsdienst.
Negers.
Noirs > Trinité-et-Tobago > Religion.
Trinité-et-Tobago > Religion.
Trinidad und Tobago.
Schwarze.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables and Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I; 1. Orisha Experiences; 2. Religion, Postmodernism, and Methodology; 3. The Setting; Part II; 4. African Roots of the Orisha Religion; 5. Catholicism and the Orisha Religion; 6. The Spiritual Baptists; 7. Hinduism and the Kabbalah; Part III; 8. Spirits and Spirit Possession; 9. Social Organization of the Orisha Religion; 10. The Orisha and Their Abodes; 11. The Ebo, Feast for the Gods; Part IV; 12. The Orisha Religion as an Open System; 13. Syncretism and Eclecticism versus Africanization.