Indigenous and African diaspora religions in the Americas / edited by Benjamin Hebblethwaite and Silke Jansen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hebblethwaite, Benjamin, editor.

Jansen, Silke, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Religion.

Indigenous peoples.

America--Religion.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Summary:

Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Meeting Grounds in Saint-Domingue and the Emergence of Haitian Vodou

2. The Many Faces of Marie Laveau and Voudou in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans

3. Shamanic Healing, Initiation, and Ritual Technique in a Kwak'wala Narrative from the Boas-Hunt Corpus

4. Language and Rituals of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Kongos of Villa Mella

5. A Joyful Place: Baniwa Jaguar Shamans' Songs and Historical Change

6. Embodying, Reshaping, and Combining the Past and the Future: A Mapuche Shaman's Historical Agency in Chile

7. Other Knowledges: Tensions and Negotiation between Religion, Knowledges, and School in a Wixárika Community

8. It's the Song That Cures: Healing, Music, and Ayahuasca in Brazil's Santo Daime Churches

9. Finding Orisha in New Places

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496236463

1496236467

9781496236470

1496236475

OCLC:

1378103093