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

• Autore: Zane Wallace W (Wallace Wayne), <1964->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 286/.5
• Soggetto topico: Spiritual Baptists - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown Region
• Soggetto geografico: Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) Religion
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Journeys to the spiritual lands
• ISBN: 1-280-83116-2; 0-19-535178-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451328803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II