Creole religions of the Caribbean : an introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo / Margarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert ; foreword by Joseph M. Murphy.

Author/creator Fernández Olmos, Margarite
Other author Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiv, 309 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesReligion, race, and ethnicity
Religion, race, and ethnicity. ^A589193
Contents Historical background -- The Orisha tradition in Cuba : Santería/Regla de Ocha -- The Afro-Cuban religious traditions of Regla de Palo and the Abakuá Secret Society -- Haitian Vodou -- Obeah, Myal, and Quimbois -- Rastafarianism -- Espiritismo : Creole spiritism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Fernández Olmos, Margarite. Creole religions of the Caribbean. 2nd ed. New York : New York University Press, c2011 9780814728253
LCCN 2011003688
ISBN9780814762271 (alk. paper)
ISBN0814762271 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780814762288 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN081476228X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40019561832

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