1st Edition
Religion, Diaspora and Cultural Identity A Reader in the Anglophone Caribbean
By J.W. Pulis
Copyright 1999
436 Pages
by
Routledge
436 Pages
by
Routledge
436 Pages
by
Routledge
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Although the religions of the Caribbean have been a subject of popular media, there have been few ethnographic publications. This text is a much-needed and long overdue addition to Caribbean studies and the exploration of ideas, beliefs, and religious practices of Caribbean folk in diaspora and at home. Drawing upon ethnographic and historical research in a variety of contexts and settings, the... Read more
Chapter 1 Religion, Diaspora, and Cultural Identity, John W. Pulis; Chapter 2 Religion in the Anglophone Caribbean, Robert J. Stewart; Part 1 Abroad; Introduction to Part I, Kenneth Bilby; Chapter 3 West Indian American Day, Philip W. Scher; Chapter 4 Cultural Encounters in the Diaspora, Ineke van Wetering; Chapter 5 Movements of Jah People, John P. Homiak; Chapter 6 Spiritual Baptists in New York City, Wallace W. Zane; Chapter 7 Only Visitors Here, Carole D. Yawney; Part 2 Home; Introduction to Part II, Carole D. Yawney; Chapter 8 Blasphemy, Sacrilege, and Moral Degradation in the Trinidad Carnival, Garth L. Green; Chapter 9 Pentecostal Community and Jamaican Hierarchy, Diane J. Austin-Broos; Chapter 10 On the “Right Path”, Aisha Khan; Chapter 11 The Noise of Astonishment, Stephen D. Glazier; Chapter 12 Chaos, Compromise, and Transformation in the Orisha Religion in Trinidad, James Houk Ph.D.; Chapter 13 Neither Here Nor There, Kenneth Bilby; Chapter 14 Between the Living and the Dead, Barry Chevannes; Chapter 15 “Citing[Sighting]-Up”, John W. Pulis; Chapter 16 Afterword/Echoes, Richard Price;
Biography
John W. Pulis Adelphi University Garden City, New York, USA. John F. Szwed, Richard Price.
