Reinventing religions :
Reinventing religions : syncretism and transformation in Africa and the Americas /
edited by Sidney M. Greenfield and André Droogers.
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2001.
- 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Recovering and reconstructing syncretism / A Yoruba healer as syncretic specialist: herbalism, rosicrucianism and the Babalawo / Population growth, industrialization and the proliferation of syncretized religions in Brazil / Ethnicity, purity, the market and syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cults / Religious syncretism in an Afro-Brazilian cult house / The presence of non-African spirits in an Afro-Brazilian religion: a case of Afro-Amerindian syncretism? / The reinterpretation of Africa: convergence and syncretism in Brazilian Candomblé / Possession and syncretism: spirits as mediators in modernity / Joana's story: syncretism at the actor's level / Ragga cowboys: country and western themes in Rastafarian-inspired Reggae music / Polyvocality and constructions of syncretism in Winti / Seeking syncretism: the case of Sathya Sai Baba / André Droogers, Sidney M. Greenfield -- Frank A. Salamon -- Sidney M. Greenfield -- Roberto Motta -- Sergio F. Ferretti -- Mundicarmo M.R. Ferretti -- Sidney M. Greenfield -- Inger Sjørslev -- André Droogers -- Werner Zips -- Ineke van Wetering -- Morton Klass.
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Blacks--Religion--Congresses.
Syncretism (Religion)--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.
Syncretism (Religion)--Latin America--Congresses.
Afro-Brazilian cults--Congresses.
Noirs--Religion--Congrès.
Syncrétisme--Afrique noire--Congrès.
Syncrétisme--Amérique latine--Congrès.
Cultes afro-brésiliens--Congrès.
RELIGION--Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Afro-Brazilian cults.
Blacks--Religion.
Syncretism (Religion)
Syncretisme.
Afrobrasilianischer Kult.
Synkretismus.
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Latin America.
Schwarzafrika.
Lateinamerika.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
BL2490 / .R45 2001
200/.89/96
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Recovering and reconstructing syncretism / A Yoruba healer as syncretic specialist: herbalism, rosicrucianism and the Babalawo / Population growth, industrialization and the proliferation of syncretized religions in Brazil / Ethnicity, purity, the market and syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cults / Religious syncretism in an Afro-Brazilian cult house / The presence of non-African spirits in an Afro-Brazilian religion: a case of Afro-Amerindian syncretism? / The reinterpretation of Africa: convergence and syncretism in Brazilian Candomblé / Possession and syncretism: spirits as mediators in modernity / Joana's story: syncretism at the actor's level / Ragga cowboys: country and western themes in Rastafarian-inspired Reggae music / Polyvocality and constructions of syncretism in Winti / Seeking syncretism: the case of Sathya Sai Baba / André Droogers, Sidney M. Greenfield -- Frank A. Salamon -- Sidney M. Greenfield -- Roberto Motta -- Sergio F. Ferretti -- Mundicarmo M.R. Ferretti -- Sidney M. Greenfield -- Inger Sjørslev -- André Droogers -- Werner Zips -- Ineke van Wetering -- Morton Klass.
Use copy
Electronic reproduction.
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HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
0585383634 9780585383637
Blacks--Religion--Congresses.
Syncretism (Religion)--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.
Syncretism (Religion)--Latin America--Congresses.
Afro-Brazilian cults--Congresses.
Noirs--Religion--Congrès.
Syncrétisme--Afrique noire--Congrès.
Syncrétisme--Amérique latine--Congrès.
Cultes afro-brésiliens--Congrès.
RELIGION--Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Afro-Brazilian cults.
Blacks--Religion.
Syncretism (Religion)
Syncretisme.
Afrobrasilianischer Kult.
Synkretismus.
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Latin America.
Schwarzafrika.
Lateinamerika.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
BL2490 / .R45 2001
200/.89/96
