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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784997503321

Autore

Zane Wallace W (Wallace Wayne), <1964->

Titolo

Journeys to the spiritual lands [[electronic resource] ] : the natural history of a West Indian religion / / Wallace W. Zane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-773980-6

1-280-83116-2

0-19-535178-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

286/.5

Soggetti

Spiritual Baptists - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown Region

Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; ONE: Introduction; TWO: A Shouting; Part I: Spiritual Work; Part II: Spiritual Experience; Part III: Vincentian Context; Glossary; Appendix: Converted Ritual Classifications; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although much has been written on the Afro-Catholic syncretic religions of Vodou, Candomble, and Santeria, the Spiritual Baptists--an Afro-Caribbean religion based on Protestant Christianity--have received little attention. This work offers the first detailed examination of the Spiritual Baptists or ""Converted"". Based on 18 months of fieldwork on the Island of St. Vincent (where the religion arose) and among Vincentian immigrants in Brooklyn, Zane's analysis makes a contribution to the literature on African-American and African Diaspora religion and the anthropology of religion more generall