Caribbean Religious History

Ennis B. Edmonds; Michelle A. Gonzalez

Ennis B. Edmonds and Michelle A. Gonzalez

Caribbean Religious History

An Introduction

New York University Press | 2010

https://doi.org/10.18574/9780814722848

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The colonial history of the Caribbean created a context in which many religions, from indigenous to African-based to Christian, intermingled with one another, creating a rich diversity of religious life. Caribbean Religious History offers the first comprehensive religious history of the region.
Ennis B. Edmonds and Michelle A. Gonzalez begin their exploration with the religious traditions of the Amerindians who flourished prior to contact with European colonizers, then detail the transplantation of Catholic and Protestant Christianity and their centuries of struggles to become integral to the Caribbean’s religious ethos, and trace the twentieth century penetration of American Evangelical Christianity, particularly in its Pentecostal and Holiness iterations. Caribbean Religious History also illuminates the influence of Africans and their descendants on the shaping of such religious traditions as Vodou, Santeria, Revival Zion, Spiritual Baptists, and Rastafari, and the success of Indian indentured laborers and their descendants in reconstituting Hindu and Islamic practices in their new environment.
Paying careful attention to the region’s social and political history, Edmonds and Gonzalez present a one-volume panoramic introduction to this religiously vibrant part of the world.

Author information

EdmondsEnnis B.:

Ennis B. Edmonds is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Kenyon College and author of Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers.GonzalezMichelle A.:

Michelle A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami and author of Afro-Cuban Theology: Religion, Race, Culture, and Identity.

Reviews

Darren J. N. Middleton,Texas Christian University:
Crafted by prominent scholars and instructively organized, this splendid book provides a sophisticated account of the liveliness and resolve of indigenous as well as transcultural faiths found in the Caribbean. It will be indispensable to professors and students intrigued by the regions past, present, and future.

Noel Leo Erskine,,author of From Garvey to Marley: Rastafari Theology:
Carefully researched and highly accessible, Caribbean Religious History: An Introduction investigates the development, emancipation, and transformation of diverse religious traditions in the region. Clearly, the most important text on Caribbean religions to appear in the last 20 years. A must read for students of religion.

Rachele E. Vernon:
Ennis Edmonds and Michelle Gonzalez have produced an interesting and necessary addition to anyone's church history library...which is well worth reading, and which ought to inspire others to dig deeper into the areas so fascinatingly highlighted.

Yvonne Chireau:
As reflecting the ongoing power of the past in the present, and as an introduction, Caribbean Religious History is very much alive and complete.

Natalia M. Imperatori-Lee:
Many inside the academic community and out will find much to benefit from in this well-crafted volume.

Solimar Otero:
In Caribbean Religious History, Edmonds and Gonzalez offer nine chapters plus a conclusion that include a refreshing consideration of Amerindian, Afro-Christian, Islamic, and Asian influences on the creation of religious cultures in the region.

N. Samuel Murrell:
[Caribbean Religious History] is indispensible in the study of Caribbean religions.N. Samuel Murrell

Natalia M. Imperatori-Lee:
...Many inside the academic community and out will find much to benefit from in this well crafted volume.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	i
Contents Free access PDF PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Free access PDF PDF	ix
1 Introduction Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
2 Amerindians and Spanish Catholics in Contact Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	15
3 Early Colonial Catholicism Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	45
4 For God and Nation Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	65
5 Creole African Traditions Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	93
6 Afro-Christian Faiths Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	121
7 Mainline and Sideline Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	155
8 Migration and Revitalization Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	177
9 Legitimation, Indigenization, and Contextualization Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	203
Conclusion Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	221
Notes Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	223
Bibliography Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	245
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	257
About the Authors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	269

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An Introduction

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