Spirited diasporas : personal narratives and global futures of Afro-Atlantic religions / edited by Martin Tsang ; foreword by Solimar Otero.
| Other author | Tsang, Martin, editor. |
| Other author | Otero, Solimar, author of foreword. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Gainesville, FL : University of Florida Press, [2023] |
| Description | xi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Pelerinaj -- Pilgrimage / Alex Batagi -- Death and Rebirth in African Vodun and Haitian Vodou / Philippe Charlier -- Crossed Paths: On Becoming Both Anthropologist And Omo Orixa / Giovanna Capponi -- The Scattering and Sharing of Wisdom Around the World / Martin Tsang -- Making Ocha in Havana / Ivor Miller -- Finding Home in the River / Morgan M. Page (Odofemi) -- How I Came to the Tradition / Sue Kucklick-Arencibia -- Practicing If in Tokyo / Yoshiaki Koshikawa, Babalawo If Ash, Iwori Batrupon -- On Seeking Guidance / Eugenia Rainey -- Finding My Place in the Lucumí Tradition as an African American Woman / Terri-Dawn González -- Beading Spirit: Lessons Learned On Healing and Community in Lucumí / Belia Mayeno Saavedra -- A Hermeneutics Of Plurality On The Road Of The Orisha / Michael Atwood Mason. |
| Abstract | "Through a variety of first-person accounts, this book offers a glimpse into the frequently misunderstood religions of Afro-Cuban Lucumí, Haitian Vodou, and Brazilian Candombľ, adding to the growing research on the transnational yet personal nature of African diasporic religions"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | "First-person accounts that show the expanding demographics of African-descended religions In this focused portrayal of global dispersal and spiritual sojourning, Martin Tsang draws together first-person accounts of the evolving Afro-Atlantic religious landscape. Spirited Diasporas offers a glimpse into the frequently misunderstood religions of Afro-Cuban Lucumí, Haitian Vodou, and Brazilian Candombľ, adding to the growing research on the transnational yet personal nature of African diasporic religions. In these accounts, practitioners from many origins illustrate the work and commitment they undertook to learn and become initiated in these traditions. They reveal in the process a variety of experiences that are not often documented. Their perspectives also show the expanding contemporary demographics of African-descended religions, many of whose members identify as LGBTQ or are part of other minoritized populations, and they counter inaccurate and often racialized portrayals of these religions as being anti-modern and geographically limited. Through the voices of the professionals, scholars, and activists gathered here, readers will appreciate the purpose and belonging to be found in the far-reaching communities of these Latin American and Caribbean spiritualities. As the seekers in these stories discover and come home to their new religious families, Spirited Diasporas displays the relevance and generative power of these traditions."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Spirited diasporas 1. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2023 9781683403968 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022056904 |
| ISBN | 9781683403722 hardcover |
| ISBN | 168340372X hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781683403838 paperback |
| ISBN | 1683403835 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |