Black Atlantic religion tradition, transnationalism, and matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé
Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion with major counterparts in Nigeria, Benin, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad and the US, utilising sacrifical rituals and spirit possession to persuade the gods to empower and defend their followers.
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Sprache: | English |
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Princeton, NJ [u.a.]
Princeton Univ. Press
2005
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Zusammenfassung: | Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion with major counterparts in Nigeria, Benin, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad and the US, utilising sacrifical rituals and spirit possession to persuade the gods to empower and defend their followers. |
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Beschreibung: | VIII, 383 S. Ill. |
ISBN: | 0691059438 0691059446 |