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Contents of This Volume Editorial Board and Personnel, vii Acknowledgments, xi Introduction / Patrick Taylor and Frederick I. Case, xiii Abakuá / Israel Moliner, 1 African Caribbean Religions, 9 Resemblances and Differences / Maureen Warner-Lewis, 9 Gender and Sexuality / Carol B. Duncan, 12 African Caribbean Funerary Rites, 17 Suriname / Yvon van der Pijl, 17 Traditional Tobago / J. D. Elder, 25 Contemporary Tobago / Maarit Forde, 30 Carriacou / Donald R. Hill, 31 Carriacou Tombstone Feast / J. D. Elder, 32 Grenada / Jerry Romain, 32 Ahmadiyya Movement / Halima Kassim, 33 Anglican Church, 39 Anglophone Caribbean / Noel Titus, 39 Codrington College, Barbados / Noel Titus, 47 Church Army in Barbados / Michael Clarke, 49 Charles Ragbir and the Anglican East Indian Mission in Trinidad / Glenroy Taitt, 53 Haiti / Charles-Poisset Romain, 54 Cuba / Juana Berges, 56 Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church, Santiago de Cuba / Jorge Luis Lora Moran, 58 Suriname / Herman Snijders, 59 Antigua and Barbuda / Carl E. James, 60 Apostolic Teaching Centre / Judith Soares, 67 Arará / Israel Moliner, 70 Arawak and Carib Religions, 78 Language, History, and Spirituality / Patrick Taylor and Leah Stewart, 78 The Wayana Pïyai / Karin Boven, 81 Wayana Initiation Rites / Karin Boven, 85 Lokono Spirituality in Barbados / Gloria De Wever, Leah Stewart, and Damon Corrie, 89 Atonement Ceremony at Bloody Point, Saint Kitts / Kathryn Grimbly-Bethke, 92 Arya Samaj / Brinsley Samaroo, 94 Bahamas / Judith Soares, 99 Baptist Churches, 103 Jamaica / Jean Besson, 103 Haiti / Charles-Poisset Romain, 109 Cuba / Juana Berges, 111 Barbados / Judith Soares and Noel Titus, 114 Bedwardism / Veront M. Satchell, 117 Belize / Patrick Taylor, 123 Caribbean Theology / Harold Sitahal, 130 Carnival, 140 Hispanic Caribbean / Eugenio Matibag, 140 Haiti / Vernet Larose, 148 Carriacou / Donald R. Hill, 151 Chinese Caribbean Religions, 156 Challenges to Ancestral Tradition / Patrick Taylor, 156 Cuba / Federico A. Chang Pon and Frank F. Scherer, 157 Jamaican Memoir / Keith Lowe, 164 Christianity / Noel Titus, 165 Church of God, 167 Caribbean-Atlantic Region / Frankie Douglas Drakes, 167 Trinidad and Tobago / Frankie Douglas Drakes, 170 Church of Religious Science / Judith Soares, 171 Church of Scotland / Harold Sitahal, 174 Comfa / Kean Gibson, 177 Congregationalism / Claire Annelise Smith, 186 Convince / Kenneth Bilby, 193 Cuba, 197 Religion, Culture, and Society / Jorge Ramírez Calzadilla, 197 Church-State Relations / Jorge Ramírez Calzadilla, 202 Music and Popular Religion / María Elena Vinueza, 207 Art and Religion / Yolanda Wood Pujols, 213 Lawrence Zúñiga Batista / Nancy B. Mikelsons, 218 Cinematography and Religion / Maribel Rivero Socarrás, 219 Dominica / Gary R. Smith, 224 Dominican Republic, 227 Colonialism, Authoritarianism, and Popular Religion / Eugenio Matibag, 227 Curanderos/as / Andreana L. Ososki, 233 Ecumenical Movement, 237 Anglophone Caribbean / Harold Sitahal, 237 Trinidad and Tobago / Glenroy Taitt, 244 Idris Hamid / Harold Sitahal, 250 Cuba / Juana Berges, 252 New Cuban Theology / Juana Berges, 256 Education, 259 Anglophone Caribbean / Carl E. James, 259 Suriname / Lila Gobardhan-Rambocus, 270 Hinduism and Islam in Trinidad / Halima Kassim, 279 Ethiopianism / Ikael Tafari, 282 Firepass Ceremony / Keith E. McNeal, 285 Fundamentalism, 289 Christian / Judith Soares, 289 Barbados / Junior Campbell, 291 Gangá / Israel Moliner, 298 Grenada / Beverley Steele, 301 Gumbay / Kenneth Bilby, 304 Guyana / Frederick I. Case, 305 Guyane / Frederick I. Case, 308 Gwoka / Lucie Pradel, 310 Haiti / Laënnec Hurbon, 313 Hinduism, 315 Religious Diversity / Brinsley Samaroo, 315 Traditions, Beliefs, and Practices / Ramcharan Gosine, 321 Cross-Fertilization of Religions / Ramcharan Gosine, 332 Gender Relations / Patricia Mohammed, 334 Emergence of Chutney Music / Tina K. Ramnarine, 338 Animal Symbolism / Brinsley Samaroo, 340 Trinidad / Anantanand Rambachan, 345 New Organizations in Trinidad and Tobago / Ramcharan Gosine, 347 Guadeloupe / Olivier Mounsamy, 348 The Sacred / Roby Narayanan and Fred Négrit, 350 Funerary Rites / Annick Raghouber, 352 Religious Aspects of Plants / Michel Nankou, 355 Martinique / Gerry L’Etang, 356 Nagoumila in Martinique and Guadeloupe / Gerry L’Etang, 361 Suriname / Hans Ramsoedh and Lucie Bloemberg, 362 Barbados / Latchman P. Kissoon, 365 Hosay / Kelvin Singh, 366 Indigenous Religions / Patrick Taylor and Leah Stewart, 369 International Society for Krishna Consciousness / Graham M. Schweig, 374 Islam, 376 Caribbean Overview / Nasser Mustapha, 376 Masjid / Kareemah Ali, 383 Festivals and Ceremonies / Kareemah Ali, 385 Id-al-Fitr / Fazeela Mollick, 388 Marriage Rites / Kareemah Ali, 390 Funerary Rites / Kareemah Ali, 392 Gender Relations / Patricia Mohammed, 393 Khadija’s Daughters / Patricia Mohammed, 396 The Hijab / Fazeela Mollick, 398 New Organizations in Trinidad and Tobago / Nasser Mustapha, 401 Missionary Leaders in Trinidad and Tobago / Zohorah Nazma Ali, 402 Education in Trinidad / Halima Kassim, 408 Sufi Pir in Guyana / Ataur Bacchus, 411 Javanese in Suriname / Herman Snijders, 412 Cuba / Andrea Morales Mesa, 414 Iyessá / Israel Moliner, 415 Jamaica / Patrick Taylor and Judith Soares, 420...

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