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Reinventing religions : syncretism and transformation in Africa and the Americas / edited by Sidney M. Greenfield and André Droogers.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Religion--Congresses.
- Black people.
- Syncretism (Religion)--Brazil--Congresses.
- Syncretism (Religion).
- Syncretism (Religion)--Caribbean Area--Congresses.
- Syncretism (Religion)--Nigeria--Congresses.
- Afro-Brazilian religions--Congresses.
- Afro-Brazilian religions.
- Brazil--Religion--Congresses.
- Brazil.
- Caribbean Area--Religion--Congresses.
- Caribbean Area.
- Syncretism (Religion)--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.
- Syncretism (Religion)--Latin America--Congresses.
- Black people--Religion--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.
- Syncretism (Religion)--Congresses.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Recovering and reconstructing syncretism / André Droogers and Sidney M. Greenfield
- A Yoruba healer as syncretic specialist / Frank A. Salamone
- Population growth, industrialization and the proliferation of syncretized religions in Brazil / Sidney M. Greenfield
- Ethnicity, purity, the market and syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cults / Roberto Motta
- Religious syncretism in an Afro-Brazilian cult house / Sergio F. Ferretti
- The presence of non-African spirits in an Afro-Brazilian religion / Mundicarmo M.R. Ferretti
- The reinterpretation of Africa / Sidney M. Greenfield
- Possession and syncretism / Inger Sjørslev
- Joana's story / André Droogers
- Ragga cowboys / Werner Zips
- Polyvocality and constructions of syncretism in Winti / Ineke van Wetering
- Seeking syncretism / Morton Klass.
- Notes:
- Papers originally presented at a session of the 1995 meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-38363-4
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