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Spirit Service - Vodún and Vodou in the African Atlantic World (Hardcover)
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Spirit Service - Vodún and Vodou in the African Atlantic World (Hardcover)
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Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as
Vodún, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for
hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while
simultaneously evolving in response to human experience and
globalization. Spirit Service: Vodún and Vodou in the African
Atlantic World explores this dynamic religion, its mobility, and
its place in the modern world. By examining the systems—ritual
practices, community-based spirit veneration, and spiritual means
of securing opportunity and well-being—alongside the individuals
who worship, this rich collection offers the first comprehensive
ethnographic study of West African spirit service on a broad scale.
Contributors consider social encounters between African/Haitian
practitioners and European / North American spiritual seekers,
economies and histories, funerary rites and spirit possessions, and
examinations of gender and materiality. Offering much-needed
perspective on this historically disparaged religion, Spirit
Service reminds us all that the gods are growing, assimilating, and
demanding recognition and respect.
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