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

By:

Zane, Wallace W. (Wallace Wayne), 1964-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 244 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780195351781
0195351789
1280831162
9781280831164

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Journeys to the spiritual lands.DDC classification:

286.5 21

LOC classification:

BX9798.S6534 K568 1998eb

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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.

Summary: 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

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

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