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Caribbean Religious History - An Introduction (Hardcover)
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Caribbean Religious History - An Introduction (Hardcover)
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The colonial history of the Caribbean created a context in which
many religions, from indigenous to African-based to Christian,
intermingled with one another, creating a rich diversity of
religious life. Caribbean Religious History offers the first
comprehensive religious history of the region. Ennis B. Edmonds and
Michelle A. Gonzalez begin their exploration with the religious
traditions of the Amerindians who flourished prior to contact with
European colonizers, then detail the transplantation of Catholic
and Protestant Christianity and their centuries of struggles to
become integral to the Caribbean's religious ethos, and trace the
twentieth century penetration of American Evangelical Christianity,
particularly in its Pentecostal and Holiness iterations. Caribbean
Religious History also illuminates the influence of Africans and
their descendants on the shaping of such religious traditions as
Vodou, Santeria, Revival Zion, Spiritual Baptists, and Rastafari,
and the success of Indian indentured laborers and their descendants
in reconstituting Hindu and Islamic practices in their new
environment. Paying careful attention to the region's social and
political history, Edmonds and Gonzalez present a one-volume
panoramic introduction to this religiously vibrant part of the
world.
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