num_pages: 176
description: In 1992 Smithsonian anthropologist Michael Atwood Mason traveled to Cuba for initiation as a priest into the Santería religion. Since then he has created an active oricha “house” and has initiated five others as priests. He is a rare a scholar-practitioner who is equally fluent in his profession and his religion. Interweaving his roles as researcher and priest, Mason explores Santería as a contemporary phenomenon and offers an understanding of its complexity through his own experiences and those of its many practitioners. Balancing deftly between a devotee's account of participation and an anthropologist's theoretical analysis, Living Santería offers an original and insightful understanding of this growing religious tradition.
language: English
title: Living Santería: Rituals and Experiences in an Afro-Cuban Religion
titlecomplete: Living Santería: Rituals and Experiences in an Afro-Cuban Religion
genres: Religion
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Smithsonian Books