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Creole Catholicism before Black Catholicism: Religion and Slavery in French Colonial Louisiana
- Journal of Africana Religions
- Penn State University Press
- Volume 2, Number 2, 2014
- pp. 271-279
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The development of Afro-creole Catholicism in French colonial Louisiana preceded the interpretive category and historical experience of “Black Catholicism” in American history. A critical analysis of the creolization of Catholic and African identities reflects current trends in religious and Africana studies that seek to deconstruct essentialized categories associated with “Black religion.”