Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas
Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Further subjects: | B
Indians--Religion
B Electronic books B America--Religion B Black people--America--Religion |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781496235732 |
| Summary: | Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas. Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Meeting Grounds in Saint-Domingue and the Emergence of Haitian Vodou -- 2. The Many Faces of Marie Laveau and Voudou in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans -- 3. Shamanic Healing, Initiation, and Ritual Technique in a Kwak'wala Narrative from the Boas-Hunt Corpus -- 4. Language and Rituals of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Kongos of Villa Mella -- 5. A Joyful Place: Baniwa Jaguar Shamans' Songs and Historical Change -- 6. Embodying, Reshaping, and Combining the Past and the Future: A Mapuche Shaman's Historical Agency in Chile -- 7. Other Knowledges: Tensions and Negotiation between Religion, Knowledges, and School in a Wixárika Community -- 8. It's the Song That Cures: Healing, Music, and Ayahuasca in Brazil's Santo Daime Churches -- 9. Finding Orisha in New Places -- Contributors -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 1496236475 |