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edited by Afe Adogame, 1964-; in The Public Face of African New Religious Movements in Diaspora, Ashgate Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2016, originally published 2014), i-xi
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edited by Afe Adogame, 1964-; in The Public Face of African New Religious Movements in Diaspora, Ashgate Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2016, originally published 2014), i-xi
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Black Studies
Content Type
Front/back matter
Contributor
Afe Adogame, 1964-
Date Published / Released
2014, 2016
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
Ashgate Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements
Topic / Theme
Migration, Religion, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2014 Afe Adogame and the contributors
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Worldview, the Orichas, and Santería: Africa to Cuba and Beyond
written by Mercedes Cros Sandoval, fl. 1975 (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2007, originally published 2006), 457 page(s)
This introduction to the Afro-Cuban religion called Santería explores how it emerged and developed in Cuba out of transplanted Yoruba beliefs, and continues to spread and adjust to changing times and contexts. Exploring every facet of Santería's worldview, the book examines how practitioners have adapted receive...
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written by Mercedes Cros Sandoval, fl. 1975 (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2007, originally published 2006), 457 page(s)
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This introduction to the Afro-Cuban religion called Santería explores how it emerged and developed in Cuba out of transplanted Yoruba beliefs, and continues to spread and adjust to changing times and contexts. Exploring every facet of Santería's worldview, the book examines how practitioners have adapted received beliefs and practices to reconcile them with new environments, from plantation slavery to exile in the United States. Offering a pers...
This introduction to the Afro-Cuban religion called Santería explores how it emerged and developed in Cuba out of transplanted Yoruba beliefs, and continues to spread and adjust to changing times and contexts. Exploring every facet of Santería's worldview, the book examines how practitioners have adapted received beliefs and practices to reconcile them with new environments, from plantation slavery to exile in the United States. Offering a perspective based on a lifetime of research and firsthand knowledge, the book illuminates Santería as a theological system and as a vital, continuously evolving community. The adaptation process that gave birth to Santería was not the singular result of cultural resistance, the book argues, but a successful attempt to find meaning linked to alien religious elements in a way that appealed to a diverse following. Beginning with the transatlantic history of how Yoruba traditions came to Cuba and were established and adapted to Cuban society, the book provides a comparison of Yoruba and Cuban mythologies, followed by an overview of how Santería has continued to diffuse and change in response to new contexts and adherents—with an illuminating perspective on Santería among Cubans in Miami.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Mercedes Cros Sandoval, fl. 1975
Date Published / Released
2006, 2007
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, African diaspora, Religious communities, African Cubans, Yoruba
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 Mercedes Cros Sandoval
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The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books
written by Khaled Abou El Fadl, 1963- (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006, originally published 2006), 428 page(s)
Khaled Abou El Fadl is a classically-trained Islamic jurist, an American lawyer and law professor, and one of the most important Islamic thinkers today. In this updated and expanded edition of The Search for Beauty in Islam, Abou El Fadl offers eye-opening and enlightening insights into the contemporary realities...
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written by Khaled Abou El Fadl, 1963- (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006, originally published 2006), 428 page(s)
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Khaled Abou El Fadl is a classically-trained Islamic jurist, an American lawyer and law professor, and one of the most important Islamic thinkers today. In this updated and expanded edition of The Search for Beauty in Islam, Abou El Fadl offers eye-opening and enlightening insights into the contemporary realities of the current state of Islam and the West. Through a 'conference of the books,' an imagined conference of Muslim intellects from centu...
Khaled Abou El Fadl is a classically-trained Islamic jurist, an American lawyer and law professor, and one of the most important Islamic thinkers today. In this updated and expanded edition of The Search for Beauty in Islam, Abou El Fadl offers eye-opening and enlightening insights into the contemporary realities of the current state of Islam and the West. Through a 'conference of the books,' an imagined conference of Muslim intellects from centuries past, Abou El Fadl examines the ugliness that has come to plague Muslim realities and attempts to reclaim what he maintains is a core moral value in Islam -- the value of beauty. Does Islamic law allow, or even call for, the gruesome acts of ugliness that have become so commonly associated with Islam today? Has Islam become a religion devoid of beauty, compassion, and love? Based on actual cases, this book tackles different issues and problems in each chapter through a post-9/11 lens, discussing such topics as marriage, divorce, parental rights, the position of women, the veil, sexual abuse, wife-beating, terrorism, bigotry, morality, law, and the role of tradition. Abou El Fadl argues that the rekindling of the forgotten value of beauty is essential for Muslims today to take back what has been lost to the fundamentalist forces that have denigrated their religion.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Khaled Abou El Fadl, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Topic / Theme
Sufi, Muslim, Muslims, Attitudes toward, Islam, Fundamentalism, Sufism
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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Reclaiming African Religions in Trinidad: The Socio-Political Legitimation of the Orisha and Spiritual Baptist Faiths
written by Frances Henry, 1931- (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies Press, 2003), 256 page(s)
Frances Henry explores connections among various African religions, the cultural identity and historic experiences of Caribbean peoples, and the re-discovery of the African past as an important aspect of national identity in Trinidad and Tobago. Dynamic doctrinal and ideological changes have taken place within the...
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written by Frances Henry, 1931- (Kingston, Kingston Parish: University of the West Indies Press, 2003), 256 page(s)
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Frances Henry explores connections among various African religions, the cultural identity and historic experiences of Caribbean peoples, and the re-discovery of the African past as an important aspect of national identity in Trinidad and Tobago. Dynamic doctrinal and ideological changes have taken place within these religions, and Reclaiming African Religions addresses these as it documents the legislative and social acceptance of African religio...
Frances Henry explores connections among various African religions, the cultural identity and historic experiences of Caribbean peoples, and the re-discovery of the African past as an important aspect of national identity in Trinidad and Tobago. Dynamic doctrinal and ideological changes have taken place within these religions, and Reclaiming African Religions addresses these as it documents the legislative and social acceptance of African religions today. Considering contemporary history and religious debate, Henry analyses both the process by which marginalized religions move toward the mainstream and the various internal and external tensions such as movement engender. Enriched by Henry’s years of intensive fieldwork in Trinidad, Reclaiming African Religions makes a particularly strong contribution in its discussions of ritual authenticity.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Frances Henry, 1931-
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Topic / Theme
Religion, Trinidadians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 Frances Henry
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The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, vol. 9: Essays on Art, Race, Politics, and World Affairs
written by Langston Hughes, 1902-1967; edited by Christopher De Santis (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2002), 627 page(s)
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written by Langston Hughes, 1902-1967; edited by Christopher De Santis (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2002), 627 page(s)
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Essay
Contributor
Christopher De Santis
Author / Creator
Langston Hughes, 1902-1967
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 by Ramona Bass and Arnold Rampersad, Administrators of the Estate of Langston Hughes
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Library of Anthropology, Religion, Diaspora and Cultural Identity: A Reader in the Anglophone Caribbean
edited by John W. Pulis, fl. 1990, in Library of Anthropology (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2013, originally published 1999), 436 page(s)
Although the religions of the Caribbean have been a subject of popular media, there have been few ethnographic publications. This text is a much-needed and long overdue addition to Caribbean studies and the exploration of ideas, beliefs, and religious practices of Caribbean folk in diaspora and at home. Drawing up...
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edited by John W. Pulis, fl. 1990, in Library of Anthropology (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2013, originally published 1999), 436 page(s)
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Although the religions of the Caribbean have been a subject of popular media, there have been few ethnographic publications. This text is a much-needed and long overdue addition to Caribbean studies and the exploration of ideas, beliefs, and religious practices of Caribbean folk in diaspora and at home. Drawing upon ethnographic and historical research in a variety of contexts and settings, the contributors to this volume explore the relationship...
Although the religions of the Caribbean have been a subject of popular media, there have been few ethnographic publications. This text is a much-needed and long overdue addition to Caribbean studies and the exploration of ideas, beliefs, and religious practices of Caribbean folk in diaspora and at home. Drawing upon ethnographic and historical research in a variety of contexts and settings, the contributors to this volume explore the relationship between religious and social life. Whether practiced at home or abroad, the contributors contend that the religions of Caribbean folk are dynamic and creative endeavors that have mediated the ongoing and open-ended relation between local and global, historical and contemporary change.
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Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Contributor
John W. Pulis, fl. 1990
Date Published / Released
1999, 2013
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
Library of Anthropology
Topic / Theme
Folklore, Religious practices, Religious beliefs, Caribbean and West Indians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1999 OPA (Overseas publishers Association)
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Folklore, Memoirs and Other Writings
written by Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960 (New York, NY: Library of America, 1995), 1001 page(s)
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written by Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960 (New York, NY: Library of America, 1995), 1001 page(s)
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
Library of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © Zora Neale Hurston. Reproduced by permission of the Estate of Zora Neale Hurston.
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Africa's Ogun: Old World and New (Second Expanded Edition)
edited by Sandra T. Barnes, 1935- (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1997, originally published 1989), 413 page(s)
The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition:... an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued vitality of that culture in the chan...
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edited by Sandra T. Barnes, 1935- (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1997, originally published 1989), 413 page(s)
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The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition:... an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued vitality of that culture in the changing environments of the Americas." —African Studies Review... leav[es] the reader with a sense of the vitality, dynamism, and comple...
The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition:... an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued vitality of that culture in the changing environments of the Americas." —African Studies Review... leav[es] the reader with a sense of the vitality, dynamism, and complexity of Ogun and the cultural contexts in which he thrives.... magnificent contribution to the literature on Ogun, Yoruba culture, African religions, and the African diaspora." —International Journal of Historical Studies
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Sandra T. Barnes, 1935-
Date Published / Released
1989, 1997
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Yoruba
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1989, Indiana University Press
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Maria W. Stewart: America's First Black Woman Political Writer
written by Maria W. Stewart, 1803-1879; edited by Marilyn Richardson (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1987), 136 page(s)
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written by Maria W. Stewart, 1803-1879; edited by Marilyn Richardson (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1987), 136 page(s)
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Essay
Contributor
Marilyn Richardson
Author / Creator
Maria W. Stewart, 1803-1879
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1987 by Indiana University Press.
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The Sanctified Church
written by Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960 (Berkeley, CA: Marlowe & Company, 1981), 137 page(s)
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written by Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960 (Berkeley, CA: Marlowe & Company, 1981), 137 page(s)
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960
Date Published / Released
1981
Publisher
Marlowe & Company
Copyright Message
Copyright © Zora Neale Hurston. Reproduced by permission of the Estate of Zora Neale Hurston.
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