Praising his name in the dance
Subtitle: spirit possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha work in Trinidad, West Indies
By: Kenneth Anthony Lum.
Series: Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean,; v. 1
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Spiritual Baptists -- Trinidad and Tobago.; Orishas -- Trinidad and Tobago.; Spirit possession -- Trinidad and Tobago.; Trinidad and Tobago -- Religious life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.
Rev. version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Queensland, 1989 issued under the title: Spirit possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha work in Trinidad.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction; title: I Ethnographies; title: 2 The Spiritual Baptist Faith: Introduction; title: 3 The Spiritual Baptist Faith: Beliefs and Rituals; title: 4 The Spiritual Baptist Faith: Manifestations; title: 5 Orisha Work: Introduction; title: 6 Orisha Work: Beliefs; title: 7 Orisha Work: Rituals; title: 8 Orisha Work: Manifestations; title: 9 The Kabalistic Side; title: II Commentary; title: 10 The Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work: Histories of Their Populations; title: 11 The Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work: Histories; title: 12 Manifestation in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work: Exegesis and Comparison; title: Appendices; title: I Previous Research on Spirit Possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work in Trinidad; title: II Practices Prohibited by the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance; title: III Orisha Songs; title: IV On a Person's Relationship with the Orishas; title: V Pointing on Speech; title: VI On the Kabalistic Spirits.