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1. Historical Background

  • Margarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
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Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition
This chapter is in the book Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition
© 2022 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2022 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword to the Second Edition (2011) ix
  4. Preface to the First Edition (2003) xi
  5. Preface to the Second Edition (2011) xiii
  6. Preface to the Third Edition (2021) xv
  7. Introduction 1
  8. 1. Historical Background 23
  9. 2. The Orisha Tradition in Cuba: Santería/Regla de Ocha 37
  10. 3. The Afro-Cuban Religious Traditions of Regla de Palo and the Abakuá Secret Society 101
  11. 4. Haitian Vodou: Forging a Creole Religion in Haiti 130
  12. 5. Obeah, Myal, and Quimbois 179
  13. 6. Rastafari 211
  14. 7. Espiritismo: Creole Spiritism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States 236
  15. Acknowledgments 295
  16. Glossary 297
  17. Notes 309
  18. Bibliography 331
  19. Index 353
  20. About the Authors 371
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479803491.003.0008

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword to the Second Edition (2011) ix
  4. Preface to the First Edition (2003) xi
  5. Preface to the Second Edition (2011) xiii
  6. Preface to the Third Edition (2021) xv
  7. Introduction 1
  8. 1. Historical Background 23
  9. 2. The Orisha Tradition in Cuba: Santería/Regla de Ocha 37
  10. 3. The Afro-Cuban Religious Traditions of Regla de Palo and the Abakuá Secret Society 101
  11. 4. Haitian Vodou: Forging a Creole Religion in Haiti 130
  12. 5. Obeah, Myal, and Quimbois 179
  13. 6. Rastafari 211
  14. 7. Espiritismo: Creole Spiritism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States 236
  15. Acknowledgments 295
  16. Glossary 297
  17. Notes 309
  18. Bibliography 331
  19. Index 353
  20. About the Authors 371
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