Caribbean religious history
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Ennis B. Edmonds and Michelle A. Gonzalez.
Contributors: Gonzalez, Michelle A.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814722343; 9780814722350
Subjects: Caribbean Area -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Caribbean crossroads : historical and theoretical considerations; title: A brief profile of the Caribbean; title: Theoretical perspectives on religions in the caribbean; title: Amerindians and Spanish Catholics in contact; title: The origins and way of life of indigenous Caribbean people; title: Amerindian economy and social structure; title: Amerindian religious beliefs and practices; title: Catastrophic contact and extermination; title: Settlement and subjugation; title: The church and conversion of protection the Amerindians; title: Early colonial Catholicism; title: Spanish Catholicism; title: Caribbean Catholicism; title: Patronal festivals; title: Cofradas and cabildos; title: The institutional church; title: Marian devotion in the Caribbean; title: Specific Catholic contexts; title: Cuba; title: Dominican Republic; title: Haiti; title: For God and nation : Protestantism in the colonial Caribbean; title: Challenge to Spanish monopoly; title: Christianity in the Dutch Caribbean; title: Church of England in the British Caribbean; title: The nonconformist challenge to Anglican dominance; title: Christianity and emancipation; title: Emancipation and disestablishment; title: Creole African traditions : Santera, Palo Monte, Abaka, vodou, and espiritismo; title: Santera; title: Cosmology and ceremonies of Santera; title: Social history of Santera; title: Palo Monte; title: Abaka; title: Vodou and the struggle for survival; title: Espiritismo; title: Afro-Christian faiths; title: Revival zion and spiritual Baptists; title: Revival zion; title: Obeah and Myal; title: Myal and the native Baptist movement; title: Kumina and the Myal ethos; title: The great revival and revival zion; title: Alexander Bedward, Pentecostalism, and revivalism in the 1900s; title: Afro-Trinidadian religions; title: The Orisha tradition of Trinidad; title: Spiritual Baptists of Trinidad; title: Mainline and sideline : post-independence mainline; title: Protestantism and Pentecostalism; title: A Catholic prelude to Protestantism; title: The arrival of Protestants in the Spanish Catholic caribbean; title: Puerto Rico; title: Dominican Republic; title: Haiti; title: Cuba; title: Pentecostal and Evangelical churches; title: PuertoRico; title: Dominican Republic; title: Cuba; title: Haiti; title: Jamaica; title: Migration and revitalization : Hinduism, Islam, and Rastafarianism; title: Hinduism; title: Islam; title: Rastafarianism; title: Conclusion: Legitimation, indigenization, and contextualization; title: Institutionalization; title: Caribbean theology; title: Music, arts, and liturgy; title: New religious movements; title: Gender; title: Caribbean religions in the United States.