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Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad Book

Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad
Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad, James Houk's field work in Trinidad and subsequent involvement in the Orisha religion allows him a uniquely intimate perspective on a complex and eclectic religion. Originating in Nigeria, Orisha combines elements of African religions (notably Yoruba), Ca, Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad has a rating of 4 stars
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Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad, James Houk's field work in Trinidad and subsequent involvement in the Orisha religion allows him a uniquely intimate perspective on a complex and eclectic religion. Originating in Nigeria, Orisha combines elements of African religions (notably Yoruba), Ca, Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad
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  • Spirits, Blood, and Drums: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad
  • Written by author James T. Houk
  • Published by Temple University Press, October 1995
  • James Houk's field work in Trinidad and subsequent involvement in the Orisha religion allows him a uniquely intimate perspective on a complex and eclectic religion. Originating in Nigeria, Orisha combines elements of African religions (notably Yoruba), Ca
  • James Houk's field work in Trinidad and subsequent involvement in the Orisha religion allows him a uniquely intimate perspective on a complex and eclectic religion. Originating in Nigeria, Orisha combines elements of African religions (notably Yoruba), Ca
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Preface
Acknowledgments
1Orisha Experiences3
2Religion, Postmodernism, and Methodology17
3The Setting25
4African Roots of the Orisha Religion47
5Catholicism and the Orisha Religion61
6The Spiritual Baptists71
7Hinduism and the Kabbalah86
8Spirits and Spirit Possession107
9Social Organization of the Orisha Religion125
10The Orisha and Their Abodes140
11The Ebo, Feast for the Gods156
12The Orisha Religion as an Open System169
13Syncretism and Eclecticism versus Africanization180
14The Transmission of Religious Knowledge in the Orisha Religion191
15The Transformation of the Orisha Religious System199
Appendix AA Demographic Estimate of Spiritual Baptists211
Appendix BA Demographic Estimate of Orisha Worshipers213
Notes215
Glossary219
References221
Index233


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