Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo

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CreolizationOCothe coming together of diverse beliefs and practices to form new beliefs and practicesOCois 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. Creole Religions of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive introduction to the syncretic religions that have developed in the region. From Vodou, Santer a, Regla de Palo, the Abakui Secret Society, and Obeah to Quimbois and Espiritismo, the volume traces the historicalOCocultural origins of the major Creole religions, as well as the newer traditions such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism. This second edition updates the scholarship on the religions themselves and also expands the regional considerations of the Diaspora to the U. S. Latino community who are influenced by Creole spiritual practices. Fernindez Olmos and ParavisiniOCoGebert also take into account the increased significance of material cultureOCoart, music, literatureOCoand healing practices influenced by Creole religions. In the Religion, Race, and Ethnicity series"
 

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Introduction
1
1 Historical Background
20
SanteríaRegla de Ocha
33
3 The AfroCuban Religious Traditions of Regla de Palo and the Abakuá Secret Society
88
4 Haitian Vodou
116
5 Obeah Myal and Quimbois
155
6 Rastafarianism
183
Creole Spiritism in Cuba Puerto Rico and the United States
203
Glossary
251
Notes
259
Works Cited
279
Index
295
About the Authors
309
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Margarite Fernández Olmos is Emerita Professor of Spanish and Latin American literatures at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She is the author or co-editor of many books, including The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present.

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