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Black Atlantic Religion
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Author : J. Lorand Matory
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-09
Black Atlantic Religion written by J. Lorand Matory and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-09 with Social Science categories.
Black Atlantic Religion illuminates the mutual transformation of African and African-American cultures, highlighting the example of the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé religion. This book contests both the recent conviction that transnationalism is new and the long-held supposition that African culture endures in the Americas only among the poorest and most isolated of black populations. In fact, African culture in the Americas has most flourished among the urban and the prosperous, who, through travel, commerce, and literacy, were well exposed to other cultures. Their embrace of African religion is less a "survival," or inert residue of the African past, than a strategic choice in their circum-Atlantic, multicultural world. With counterparts in Nigeria, the Benin Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad, and the United States, Candomblé is a religion of spirit possession, dance, healing, and blood sacrifice. Most surprising to those who imagine Candomblé and other such religions as the products of anonymous folk memory is the fact that some of this religion's towering leaders and priests have been either well-traveled writers or merchants, whose stake in African-inspired religion was as much commercial as spiritual. Morever, they influenced Africa as much as Brazil. Thus, for centuries, Candomblé and its counterparts have stood at the crux of enormous transnational forces. Vividly combining history and ethnography, Matory spotlights a so-called "folk" religion defined not by its closure or internal homogeneity but by the diversity of its connections to classes and places often far away. Black Atlantic Religion sets a new standard for the study of transnationalism in its subaltern and often ancient manifestations.
Black God
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Author : Julian Baldick
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1998
Black God written by Julian Baldick and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Religion categories.
A comparative study of the Afroasiatic traditional religions of northern Africa and Arabia. The author argues that there is a common Afroasiatic language in those regions, so is there a common family of religions. He compares traditions as diverse as those in Yemen and Nigeria.
Afro Christianity At The Grassroots
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Author : G. Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1994
Afro Christianity At The Grassroots written by G. Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Religion categories.
This publication clearly indicates the dynamics of indigenous Christianity in Southern Africa with its holistic approach addressing the needs of their flocks in all dimensions of their existence. Their own church problems also receive attention.
Afro Caribbean Religions
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Author : Nathaniel Samuel Murrell
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2010-01-25
Afro Caribbean Religions written by Nathaniel Samuel Murrell and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-25 with History categories.
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—popular religions that have often been demonized in popular culture—to Rastafari in Jamaica and Orisha-Shango of Trinidad and Tobago. In Afro-Caribbean Religions, Nathaniel Samuel Murrell provides a comprehensive study that respectfully traces the social, historical, and political contexts of these religions. And, because Brazil has the largest African population in the world outside of Africa, and has historic ties to the Caribbean, Murrell includes a section on Candomble, Umbanda, Xango, and Batique. This accessibly written introduction to Afro-Caribbean religions examines the cultural traditions and transformations of all of the African-derived religions of the Caribbean along with their cosmology, beliefs, cultic structures, and ritual practices. Ideal for classroom use, Afro-Caribbean Religions also includes a glossary defining unfamiliar terms and identifying key figures.
Afro Cuban Religions
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Author : Miguel Barnet
language : en
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Release Date : 2001
Afro Cuban Religions written by Miguel Barnet and has been published by Ian Randle Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Religion categories.
Regla de Ocha promotes worship of the Orisha (gods), and uses traditional oracles that originated in the old Yoruba city of Ile-Ife. The Regla de Palo Monte came from the Congo area. The term palo refers to the ritual use of trees and plants, which are believed to have magical powers.".
Soul Force
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Author : Leonard E. Barrett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Soul Force written by Leonard E. Barrett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with African Americans categories.
Old Ship Of Zion
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Author : the late Walter F. Pitts
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996-10-24
Old Ship Of Zion written by the late Walter F. Pitts and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10-24 with Religion categories.
This book retraces the African origins of African-American forms of worship. During a five-year period in the field, Pitts played the piano at and recorded numerous worship services in black Baptist churches throughout rural Texas. His historical comparisons and linguistic analyses of this material uncover striking parallels between "Afro-Baptist" services and the religious rituals of Western and Central Africa, as well as other African-derived rituals in the United States Sea Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Pitts demonstrates that African and African-American worship share an underlying binary ritual frame: the somber melancholy of the first frame and the high emotion of the second frame. Pitts's revealing perspective on this often misunderstood aspect of African-American religion provides an investigative model for the study of diaspora cultural practices and the residual influence of their African sources.
Black Religion And Aesthetics
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Author : A. Pinn
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-07-06
Black Religion And Aesthetics written by A. Pinn and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-06 with Social Science categories.
A great deal of attention has been given to the sociopolitical and theological importance of Black Religion. However, of less academic concern up to this point is the aesthetic qualities that define much of what is said and done within the context of Black Religion. Recognizing the centrality of the black body for black religious thought and life, this book proposes a conversation concerning various dimensions of the aesthetic considerations and qualities of Black Religion as found in various parts of the world, including the the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. In this respect, Black Religion is simply meant to connote the religious orientations and arrangements of people of African descent across the globe.
The African Diaspora And The Study Of Religion
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Author : T. Trost
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-12-25
The African Diaspora And The Study Of Religion written by T. Trost and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-25 with Social Science categories.
This book focuses on the location of the religious heritage of Africa within the academic study of religion - including indigenous African religions, African Christianities, African/American forms of Islam, the religions of African Americans, Afro-Caribbean religions, and Afro-Brazilian religions.
Black Atlantic Religion
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Author : James Lorand Matory
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Black Atlantic Religion written by James Lorand Matory and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion with major counterparts in Nigeria, Benin, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad and the US, utilising sacrifical rituals and spirit possession to persuade the gods to empower and defend their followers.