05727cam a2200817Ma 4500 ocm44956832 OCoLC 20200709055055.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 000807s1992 ncuab ob 001 0 eng d 92053625 N$T eng pn N$T OCL OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCQ TUU OCLCQ TNF OCLCQ ZCU OCLCO OCLCA OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCE OCLCO OCLCQ MWM OCLCO SUR OCLCA 532573332 649198402 656579526 948054727 961678508 962559321 970775919 984887901 0807861014 (electronic bk.) 9780807861011 (electronic bk.) 0807820598 (hard ; alk. paper) 0807843938 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9780807820599 (hard ; alk. paper) 9780807843932 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 24597 (N$T) (OCoLC)44956832 (OCoLC)532573332 (OCoLC)649198402 (OCoLC)656579526 (OCoLC)948054727 (OCoLC)961678508 (OCoLC)962559321 (OCoLC)970775919 (OCoLC)984887901 dlr nwht--- BL2530.H3 D48 1992eb REL 029000 bisacsh 299/.67 20 11.07 bcl MAIN Desmangles, Leslie Gérald. The Faces of the gods : vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti / Leslie G. Desmangles. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©1992. 1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index. Print version record. Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants' beliefs and practices. Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a grafting of European religious traditions onto African stock, but as a true creole phenomenon, born out of the oppressive conditions of slavery and the necessary adaptation of slaves to a New World environment. Many observers have referred to such New World religions as fusions of religious practices. Desmangles instead uses the concept of symbiosis, which he defines as the juxtaposition of diverse religious traditions, coexisting without fusing. Desmangles uses Haitian history to explain this symbiosis, paying particular attention to the role of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maroon communities in preserving African traditions and the attempt by the Catholic, educated elite to suppress African-based "superstitions." The result is a society in which one religion, Catholicism, is visible and official; the other, Vodou, is unofficial and largely secretive. Both religions continue to play a part in Haitian politics, and Desmangles chronicles the role of Vodou and Catholicism in the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier and the rise of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Cultural setting: religious paradox or symbiosis -- Historical setting: the shaping of two religions in symbiosis : Religion in the colony: 1492-1790 ; Religion and the revolts for independence: 1790-1804 ; Religion and the shaping of the republic: 1804-1860 ; Religion in Haitian life: 1860-present -- The faces of myth: symbiosis and the changing self : Participation: the communal self -- Rites of passage: the transfigured self -- The faces of the cosmic gods : The Nanchons: classifications of the Lwas ; Vodou cosmology ; The cosmic Lwas -- The faces of the gods and public life : The Lwas of public life -- Conclusion : Vodou and Catholicism. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL 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 MiAaHDL digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Master record variable field(s) change: 610 Catholic Church. Catholic Church. fast (OCoLC)fst00531720 Catholic Church Haiti. Vodou Haiti. Haiti Religion. RELIGION Ethnic & Tribal. bisacsh Religion. fast (OCoLC)fst01093763 Vodou. fast (OCoLC)fst01801724 Haiti. fast (OCoLC)fst01205135 Voodoo. gtt Rooms-katholicisme. gtt Wodu gnd Katholische Kirche. swd Haiti. swd Haiti Religion. Voodoo Haiti Electronic books. Electronic books. local Print version: Desmangles, Leslie Gérald. Faces of the gods. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©1992 0807820598 (DLC) 92053625 (OCoLC)25832038 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=24597 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=24597 All EBSCO eBooks EBSCOhost EBSC 24597 YBP Library Services YANK 2341967 92 N$T 48678 48678