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Secrets, Gossip, and Gods

Author : Paul Christopher Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198034296
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Secrets, Gossip, and Gods written by Paul Christopher Johnson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging book Paul Christopher Johnson explores the changing, hidden face of the Afro-Brazilian indigenous religion of Candomblé. Despite its importance in Brazilian society, Candomblé has received far less attention than its sister religions Vodou and Santeria. Johnson seeks to fill this void by offering a comprehensive look at the development, beliefs, and practices of Candomblé and exploring its transformation from a secret society of slaves--hidden, persecuted, and marginalized--to a public religion that is very much a part of Brazilian culture. Johnson traces this historical shift and locates the turning point in the creation of Brazilian national identity and a public sphere in the first half of the twentieth century. His major focus is on the ritual practice of secrecy in Candomblé. Like Vodou and Santeria and the African Yoruba religion from which they are descended, Candomblé features a hierarchic series of initiations, with increasing access to secret knowledge at each level. As Johnson shows, the nature and uses of secrecy evolved with the religion. First, secrecy was essential to a society that had to remain hidden from authorities. Later, when Candomblé became known and actively persecuted, its secrecy became a form of resistance as well as an exotic hidden power desired by elites. Finally, as Candomblé became a public religion and a vital part of Brazilian culture, the debate increasingly turned away from the secrets themselves and toward their possessors. It is speech about secrets, and not the content of those secrets, that is now most important in building status, legitimacy and power in Candomblé. Offering many first hand accounts of the rites and rituals of contemporary Candomblé, this book provides insight into this influential but little-studied group, while at the same time making a valuable contribution to our understanding of the relationship between religion and society.

Women and New and Africana Religions

Author : Lillian Ashcraft-Eason
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313082723
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Women and New and Africana Religions written by Lillian Ashcraft-Eason and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the lives of women around the world from the perspective of the New and Africana faiths they practice. This probing and thought-provoking series of essays brings together in one volume the multifaceted experiences of women in the New and Africana religions as practiced today. With this work, religion becomes a lens for examining the lives of women of diverse ethnicities and nationalities across the social spectrum. In Women and New and Africana Religions, readers hear from women from a number of religious/spiritual persuasions around the world, including Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, South America, and North America. These voices form the core of remarkable explorations of family and environment, social and spiritual empowerment, sexuality and power, and ways in which worldview informs roles in religion and society. Each essay includes scene-setting historical and social background information and fascinating insights from renowned scholars sharing their own research and firsthand experiences with their subjects.

Working the Spirit

Author : Joseph M. Murphy
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807012215
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Working the Spirit written by Joseph M. Murphy and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1995-01-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An appreciative and user-friendly book on religion in the African diaspora. Murphy's skillfully drawn portraits offer an inviting introduction to the religious worlds of Vodou, Candomble, Santeria, Revival Zion, and the Black Church" – David W. Wills, Amherst College

Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora [3 volumes]

Author : Carole Boyce Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851097058
Total Pages : 1269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora [3 volumes] written by Carole Boyce Davies and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-07-29 with total page 1269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative source for information on the people, places, and events of the African Diaspora, spanning five continents and five centuries. The field of African Diaspora studies is rapidly growing. Until now there was no single, authoritative source for information on this broad, complex discipline. Drawing on the work of over 300 scholars, this encyclopedia fills that void. Now the researcher, from high school level up, can go to a single reference for information on the historical, political, economic, and cultural relations between people of African descent and the rest of the world community. Five hundred years of relocation and dislocation, of assimilation and separation have produced a rich tapestry of history and culture into which are woven people, places, and events. This authoritative, accessible work picks out the strands of the tapestry, telling the story of diverse peoples, separated by time and distance, but retaining a commonality of origin and experience. Organized in A–Z sections covering global topics, country of origin, and destination country, the work is designed for easy use by all.

A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition

Author : Charles Taliaferro
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501325248
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition written by Charles Taliaferro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion is an indispensable resource for students and scholars. Covering historical and contemporary figures, arguments, and terms, it offers an overview of the vital themes that make philosophy of religion the growing, vigorous field that it is today. It covers world religions and sources from east and west. Entries have been crafted for clarity, succinctness, and engagement. This second edition includes new entries, extended coverage of non-Christian topics, as well as revisions and updates throughout. The first edition was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year.

Syncretism in Religion

Author : Anita Maria Leopold
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134967144
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Syncretism in Religion written by Anita Maria Leopold and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syncretism - the fusion of different beliefs into one religious system - has long been controversial in scholarship. It is widely held that religion, culture and ethnicity are pure entities that may become mixed in encounter and lead to impure, hybrid forms. 'Syncretism in Religion' presents a selection of essays committed to solving the problems of syncretism. The essays reflect the full breadth of religious traditions that could be called syncretistic. An overview of the historical background of syncretism is given, alongside classical readings from the history of religion, definitions of syncretism in relation to theories of power, and an assessment of the future of the subject. This volume brings together the work of authors who have made significant contributions in the field, some appearing for the first time in English. It will be of interest to any student or scholar of religion, philosophy or anthropology concerned with the dynamics of cultural contact and change.

The Taste of Blood

Author : Jim Wafer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812203860
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Taste of Blood written by Jim Wafer and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the fascinating world of the Condomble regions of Brazil, where interaction between spirits and human is considered an everyday occurrence. Jim Wafer uncovers the social life, rituals, folklore, and engaging personalities of the villagers of Jacari, among whom trances, sorcery, and spirit possession demonstrate the coexistence of different kinds of reality. This ethnography is intriguing not only because of the originality of its approach to the more enigmatic aspects of another culture but also because it uses insights gained from participation in that culture to reflect on the paradoxes inherent in the writer's own culture, and in the human condition in general.

Making Spirits

Author : Diana Espirito Santo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085772262X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Making Spirits written by Diana Espirito Santo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analysis of religion has often placed an emphasis on beliefs and ideologies, prioritizing these elements over those of the material world. Through the ethnographic analysis of a variety of contemporary religious practices, Making Spirits questions the presumed separation of spirit and matter, and sheds light on the dynamics between spiritual and material domains. By examining the cultural contexts in which material culture is central to the creation and experience of religion and belief, this volume analyses the different ways in which the concepts of the material and spiritual worlds intersect, interact and inform each other in the reproduction of religious rites. Using examples such as spirit mediums, fetishes and ritual objects across a variety of cultures such as Latin America, Japan and Central Africa, Nico Tassi and Diana Espirito Santo offer insights that challenge accepted categories in the study of religion, making this book important for scholars of comparative religion, anthropology and sociology.

I was born Mother of Saint

Author : Laerte do Cachoeira
Publisher : Laerte de Holanda Sales Filho
ISBN 13 : 6500135687
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book I was born Mother of Saint written by Laerte do Cachoeira and published by Laerte de Holanda Sales Filho. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the English version of the original in Portuguese (2017): “Nasci Mãe de Santo - A maravilhosa história da Yalorixá Mãe Senhora de Umbanda, Sacerdotisa de Z A M B Y” (ISBN 978-85-924121-0-4). The book is a tribute to Mãe Senhora de Umbanda, in her extremely rare condition as Yalorixá Priestess of Z A M B Y, Consecrated by the Most High, Daughter of Ogum Quebramar and Yansã Guaracyara, Leaders Orixás of the Tenda de Umbanda Morada dos Orixás. It describes her beautiful trajectory in Umbanda in this reincarnation (1930-2015), preceded that was by her Consecration by the HIGHEST - hence the title “I was born Mother of Saint”, with emphasis on her total adoration to the CREATOR, as the faithful and discreet servant, and her greater mission, given by Our Father OXALÁ - and fulfilled with praise, to carry the Love of Our Lord JESUS to the depths of the Abyss. Preliminarily to this description, covered in Part II of the book, it is made a contextualization in relation to Umbanda, as detailed in Part I, in which is given emphasis to the Meaning, Origin and Organization of UMBANDA, including related themes, such as religious syncretism, evolution of spirits, Umbral and Quimbanda. The gestation of the book dates back to the 1980s, when the author, Laerte do Cachoeira, was honored by Yansã Guaracyara with the mission of one day writing it, as Yobá of Yansã ('The Eyes of Yansã'). Throughout this period, records were made of guidelines and revelations made by the Orixás and the People of Exu when incorporated in Mãe Senhora de Umbanda during the giras (sessions) in the Terreiro, as well as testimonies made by Mãe Senhora, in addition to recordings in audios and videos, which were compiled and organized after her passage. The records that were selected and included in the book are duly referenced, either in the body of the text or in footnotes. Everything else in the book, although it expresses the author's own thought, it is his conviction that mirrors all guidance and help received from the Orixás and the Exu People, under the command of Ogum Quebramar and Yansã Guaracyara, for the elaboration of this tribute from the Tenda de Umbanda Morada dos Orixás to its Beloved Yalorixá. It is important to note that, in line with the Statutes of the Tenda de Umbanda Morada dos Orixás, this book will not be sold, either in part or in whole. To this end, the book, including all attachments, with photos, audios and videos, is being freely available on the internet (for unrestricted public access) at https://msumbanda.blogspot.com.br/ . However, it is requested that eventual quotes are properly referenced. Laerte do Cachoeira Yobá of Yansã December 4th, 2020

Women in Yoruba Religions

Author : Oyèrónké Oládémọ
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479813974
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Women in Yoruba Religions written by Oyèrónké Oládémọ and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Women in Yorùbá Religions discusses the influence of Yoruba culture on women's religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people, covering themes like Yoruba women in Yoruba religion, Christianity, and Islam; women in African-derived religions in the diaspora; Yoruba religion and globalization; and LGBTQ adherents of Yoruba religion"--

Sacred Leaves of Candomblé

Author : Robert A. Voeks
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292773854
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Leaves of Candomblé written by Robert A. Voeks and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Hubert Herring Book Award, Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies Candomblé, an African religious and healing tradition that spread to Brazil during the slave trade, relies heavily on the use of plants in its spiritual and medicinal practices. When its African adherents were forcibly transplanted to the New World, they faced the challenge not only of maintaining their culture and beliefs in the face of European domination but also of finding plants with similar properties to the ones they had used in Africa. This book traces the origin, diffusion, medicinal use, and meaning of Candomblé's healing pharmacopoeia—the sacred leaves. Robert Voeks examines such topics as the biogeography of Africa and Brazil, the transference—and transformation—of Candomblé as its adherents encountered both native South American belief systems and European Christianity, and the African system of medicinal plant classification that allowed Candomblé to survive and even thrive in the New World. This research casts new light on topics ranging from the creation of African American cultures to tropical rain forest healing floras.

Encounters in Ethnomusicology

Author : LIT Verlag
Publisher : LIT Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3643964110
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book Encounters in Ethnomusicology written by LIT Verlag and published by LIT Verlag. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip V. Bohlman's impact on the scope and meaning of ethnomusicology is difficult to overstate. His influence is manifest not only in his numerous publications, his service to the discipline, and his presence at institutions and gatherings across the globe, but also in the work of his students. This volume, featuring essays written by his students and peers, honors his enormous contributions to the discipline by focusing on three analytic lenses through which Bohlman's work has excavated the complexities of encounter - ethics, memory, and performance. The essays engaging ethics treat topics including scholarship as activism, the power/politics of knowledge, and the ethics of musical practice and performance. Memory is explored through essays exploring issues related to modernity, commemoration, the nation, and historiography. The essays concerned with performance interrogate historical, symbolic, and experiential aspects of musical performance and wrestle with the enduring questions of belonging that often accompany such performances. Throughout, it is clear that each contribution draws inspiration and methodological strength from the authors' formative encounters with Bohlman's body of work. Michael A. Figueroa is Associate Professor of Music at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jaime Jones is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at University College Dublin. Timothy Rommen is Professor of Music and Africana Studies at University of Pennsylvania. Philip V. Bohlman's impact on the scope and meaning of ethnomusicology is profound. This volume, featuring essays written by his students and peers, honors his enormous contributions to the discipline by focusing on the complexities of encounter. Part I: Ethics addresses scholarship as activism, the power/politics of knowledge, and the ethics of musical practice and performance. Part II: Memory examines commemoration, the nation, and historiography. Part III: Performance interrogates historical, symbolic, and experiential aspects of musical performance, wrestling with enduring questions of belonging. Michael A. Figueroa is Associate Professor of Music at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jaime Jones is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at University College Dublin. Timothy Rommen is Professor of Music and Africana Studies at University of Pennsylvania.

UMBANDA’S SECRETS TO SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY

Author : Marcel Souza
Publisher : Gavea Lab
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book UMBANDA’S SECRETS TO SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY written by Marcel Souza and published by Gavea Lab . This book was released on with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the mystical and enlightening world of Umbanda and unveil the secrets that have fueled success and prosperity for many. This book is a transformative journey through the traditions and practices that can illuminate the path to a richer, more successful life. Explore the mysteries, learn the lessons, and begin your own path to realizing your dreams.

Performing Hybridity

Author : May Joseph
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816630110
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Performing Hybridity written by May Joseph and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the modern-day complexities of migration and exile, immigration and repatriation, notions of stable national identity give way to ideas about cultural "hybridity". The authors represented in this volume use different forms of performative writing to question this process, to ask how the production of new political identities destabilizes ideas about gender, sexuality, and the nation in the public sphere. Contributors use forms such as the essay, poem, photography, and case study to examine historically specific cases in which the notion of hybridity recasts our ideas of identity and performance: the struggle for Aboriginal land rights in Australia; Bahian carnival; the creolization and pidginization of language in the Caribbean world; queer videos; and others.

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture

Author : Barbara A. Tenenbaum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780684192536
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture written by Barbara A. Tenenbaum and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Woman Ruler

Author : Elin Sand
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475902565
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Woman Ruler written by Elin Sand and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-08-22 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: please find in Description.doc

Cinemas of the Black Diaspora

Author : Michael T. Martin
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814325889
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Cinemas of the Black Diaspora written by Michael T. Martin and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the cinematic traditions and film practices in the black Diaspora. With contributions by film scholars, film critics, and film-makers from Europe, North America and the Third World, this diverse collection provides a critical reading of film-making in the black Diaspora that challenges the assumptions of colonialist and ethnocentrist discourses about Third World, Hollywood and European cinemas. Cinemas of the Black Diaspora examines the impact on film-making of Western culture, capitalist production and distribution methods, and colonialism and the continuing neo-colonial status of the people and countries in which film-making is practiced. Organized in three parts, the study first explores cinema in the black Diaspora along cultural and political lines, analyzing the works of a radical and aesthetically alternative cinema. The book proceeds to group black cinemas by geographical sites, including Africa, the Caribbean and South America, Europe, and North America, to provide global context for comparative and case study analyses. Finally, three important manifestoes document the political and economic concerns and counter-hegemonic institutional organizing efforts of black and Third World film-makers from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Cinemas of the Black Diaspora should serve as a valuable basic reference and research tool for the study of world cinema. While celebrating the diversity, innovativeness, and fecundity of film-making in different regions of the world, this important collection also explicates the historical importance of film-making as a cultural form and political practice.