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About Spirits and Macumba
Author | : Harriett Stoutjesdijk |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Brazil |
ISBN | : |
Afro-Caribbean Religions
Author | : Nathaniel Samuel Murrell |
Publisher | : Temple University Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2010-01-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439901759 |
Religion is one of the most important elements of Afro-Caribbean culture linking its people to their African past, from Haitian Vodou and Cuban Santeria—popular religions that have often been demonized in popular culture—to Rastafari in Jamaica and Orisha-Shango of Trinidad and Tobago. In Afro-Caribbean Religions, Nathaniel Samuel Murrell provides a comprehensive study that respectfully traces the social, historical, and political contexts of these religions. And, because Brazil has the largest African population in the world outside of Africa, and has historic ties to the Caribbean, Murrell includes a section on Candomble, Umbanda, Xango, and Batique. This accessibly written introduction to Afro-Caribbean religions examines the cultural traditions and transformations of all of the African-derived religions of the Caribbean along with their cosmology, beliefs, cultic structures, and ritual practices. Ideal for classroom use, Afro-Caribbean Religions also includes a glossary defining unfamiliar terms and identifying key figures.
Raven
Author | : Tim Reiterman |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 2008-11-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781585426782 |
The basis for the upcoming HBO miniseries and the "definitive account of the Jonestown massacre" (Rolling Stone) -- now available for the first time in paperback. Tim Reiterman’s Raven provides the seminal history of the Rev. Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and the murderous ordeal at Jonestown in 1978. This PEN Award–winning work explores the ideals-gone-wrong, the intrigue, and the grim realities behind the Peoples Temple and its implosion in the jungle of South America. Reiterman’s reportage clarifies enduring misperceptions of the character and motives of Jim Jones, the reasons why people followed him, and the important truth that many of those who perished at Jonestown were victims of mass murder rather than suicide. This widely sought work is restored to print after many years with a new preface by the author, as well as the more than sixty-five rare photographs from the original volume.
Macumba
Author | : Serge Bramly |
Publisher | : City Lights Publishers |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1994-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780872862869 |
Every January millions of people crowd the seashore to receive the blessings of lemanja, goddess of the sea. All year long in terreiros in Brazil and around the world, Orixa worshipers revel in the divine presence of the living Gods, directly...
Umbanda
Author | : Diana DeGroat Brown |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780231100052 |
The history and development of the Brazilian religion Umbanda are explored in this text. The author describes the defining features of the religion, its practices, followers and beliefs, its dramatic geographical spread across the country, and its relationship to rapid urban growth.
Supplication of the Male Pig
Author | : Chris Bellows |
Publisher | : Pink Flamingo Media |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2022-02-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1954079664 |
Heir to one of America’s great fortunes, David Farnsworth Smythe lives lavishly and licentiously. As far as David is concerned, the privilege of wealth is to squander vast sums on young women willing to capitulate to his sordid sexual penchants and completely debase themselves for money…and his pleasure. But when it comes time to inherit his billions, David draws the attention of the clever and Dominant Heather MacDougall, a woman with whom no man should trifle. Nor should any male cross her beautiful and accomplished team of female bodyguards and torturers, all dedicated to relieving David of every, last inherited dollar. An action thriller of intrigue, coercion, theft by deception, torture, and duplicity, as the powerful Ms. MacDougall and her accomplices subdue, humiliate and squash into submission this repugnant male. For aficionados of Female Dominance and the abject subjugation of the male.
The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion
Author | : T. Trost |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2007-12-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0230609937 |
This book focuses on the location of the religious heritage of Africa within the academic study of religion - including indigenous African religions, African Christianities, African/American forms of Islam, the religions of African Americans, Afro-Caribbean religions, and Afro-Brazilian religions.
Violent Conversion
Author | : Linda van de Kamp |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1847011527 |
Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today. There has been an extraordinary growth in Pentecostalism in Africa, with Brazilian Pentecostals establishing new transnational Christian connections, initiating widespread changes not only in religious practice but in society. This book describes its rise in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, and the sometimes dramatic impact of Pentecostalism on women. Here large numbers of urban women are taking advantage of the opportunities Pentecostalism offers to overcome restrictions at home, pioneer new life spaces and change their lives through the power of the Holy Spirit. Yet, conversion can also mean a violent rupturing with tradition, with family and with social networks. As the pastors encourage women to cut their ties with the past, including ancestral spirits, they come to see their kin and husbands as imbued with evil powers, and many leave their families. Conquering spheres that used to be forbidden to them, they often live alone as unmarried women, sometimes earning more than men of a similar age. They are also expected to donate huge sums to the churches, often money that they can ill afford, bringing new hardships. Linda van de Kamp is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.