Reinventing religions : syncretism and transformation in Africa and the Americas / edited by Sidney M. Greenfield and André Droogers.
Contributor(s): Greenfield, Sidney M
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TextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0847688534 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0847688526 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Blacks -- Religion -- Congresses | Syncretism (Religion) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses | Syncretism (Religion) -- Latin America -- Congresses | Afro-Brazilian cults -- CongressesDDC classification: 200/.89/96 LOC classification: BL2490 | .R45 2001Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Recovering and reconstructing syncretism / André Droogers, Sidney M. Greenfield -- A Yoruba healer as syncretic specialist: herbalism, rosicrucianism and the Babalawo / Frank A. Salamon -- Population growth, industrialization and the proliferation of syncretized religions in Brazil / Sidney M. Greenfield -- Ethnicity, purity, the market and syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cults / Roberto Motta -- Religious syncretism in an Afro-Brazilian cult house / Sergio F. Ferretti -- The presence of non-African spirits in an Afro-Brazilian religion: a case of Afro-Amerindian syncretism? / Mundicarmo M.R. Ferretti -- The reinterpretation of Africa: convergence and syncretism in Brazilian Candomblé / Sidney M. Greenfield -- Possession and syncretism: spirits as mediators in modernity / Inger Sjørslev -- Joana's story: syncretism at the actor's level / André Droogers -- Ragga cowboys: country and western themes in Rastafarian-inspired Reggae music / Werner Zips -- Polyvocality and constructions of syncretism in Winti / Ineke van Wetering -- Seeking syncretism: the case of Sathya Sai Baba / Morton Klass.