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- Sacred Spaces and Religious Traditions in Oriente Cuba
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of New Mexico Press
- Series: Religions of the Americas Series
summary
The investigation of Dodson and the African Atlantic Research team offers an interconnected examination of the history and embedded understandings of four religions while simultaneously offering a panoramic view of religious development in Cuba and practitioners' struggle for a self-defined, Africa-based nature for their religious activities on the island.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. iii
- Illustrations
- p. viii
- Editors’ Foreword
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- p. xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- 1: Contours and Concepts
- pp. 21-38
- 3: What Sacred Spaces Do
- pp. 61-78
- 4: Palo Monte/Palo Mayombe
- pp. 81-103
- 6: Espiritismo
- pp. 124-144
- 8: Findings and Conclusions
- pp. 160-175
- Glossary of Select Terms
- pp. 189-191
- Bibliography
- pp. 192-204
Additional Information
ISBN
9780826343550
Related ISBN(s)
9780826343536
MARC Record
OCLC
312453039
Pages
216
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No