TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Ras Michael
TI  - African-Atlantic cultures and the South Carolina lowcountry
T2  - Cambridge studies on the American South
SN  - 9781139549882 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BL2525 .B76 2013eb
U1  - 200.89/9607307576 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Religion
KW  - Africans
KW  - South Carolina
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Congo (Democratic Republic)
KW  - HISTORY / World
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: 1. Place, culture, and power; 2. Land of the living; 3. African spirits of the land and water; 4. African landscapes of the Lowcountry; 5. Spiritual guardians in the wilderness; 6. Mermaid histories and power
N2  - "African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporating American forms of Christianity into an African-based spirituality. This book illuminates how people of African descent engaged the spiritual landscape of the Lowcountry through their subsistence practices, religious experiences, and political discourse"--
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