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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585383634 9780585383637 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Blacks--Religion--Congresses.<br/>Syncretism (Religion)--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.<br/>Syncretism (Religion)--Latin America--Congresses.<br/>Afro-Brazilian cults--Congresses.<br/>Noirs--Religion--Congrès.<br/>Syncrétisme--Afrique noire--Congrès.<br/>Syncrétisme--Amérique latine--Congrès.<br/>Cultes afro-brésiliens--Congrès.<br/>RELIGION--Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.<br/>Afro-Brazilian cults.<br/>Blacks--Religion.<br/>Syncretism (Religion)<br/>Syncretisme.<br/>Afrobrasilianischer Kult.<br/>Synkretismus.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa, Sub-Saharan.<br/>Latin America.<br/>Schwarzafrika.<br/>Lateinamerika.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Conference papers and proceedings.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2490  / .R45 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>200/.89/96