Worldview, the Orichas, and Santería [electronic resource] : Africa to Cuba and Beyond /
Cros Sandoval, Mercedes.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2006.
This introduction to the Afro-Cuban religion called Santeria explores how it emerged and developed in Cuba out of transplanted Yoruba beliefs and continues to spread and adjust to changing times and contexts. Systematically exploring every facet of Santeria's worldview, Sandoval examines how practitioners have adapted received beliefs and practices to reconcile them with new environments, from plantation slavery to exile in the United States.
This introduction to the Afro-Cuban religion called Santeria explores how it emerged and developed in Cuba out of transplanted Yoruba beliefs and continues to spread and adjust to changing times and contexts. Systematically exploring every facet of Santeria's worldview, Sandoval examines how practitioners have adapted received beliefs and practices to reconcile them with new environments, from plantation slavery to exile in the United States.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-405) and index.
Santería's development and structure -- Santería's transformations: the introduction to the Pantheon -- Santería's moral dimensions, worldview assumptions, and logico-structural integration: new ways and current trends.
Description based on print version record.
Afro-Caribbean cults
Orishas
Santeria