Spirit Service: Vodn and Vodou in the African Atlantic World Montgomery Eric James
Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vodn, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while…
Specifikacia Spirit Service: Vodn and Vodou in the African Atlantic World Montgomery Eric James
Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vodn, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while simultaneously evolving in response to human experience and globalization.Spirit Service: Vodn and Vodou in the African Atlantic World explores this dynamic religion, its mobility, and its place in the modern world. By examining the systems--ritual practices, community-based spirit veneration, and spiritual means of securing opportunity and well-being--alongside the individuals who worship, this rich collection offers the first comprehensive ethnographic study of West African spirit service on a broad scale. Contributors consider social encounters between African/Haitian practitioners and European / North American spiritual seekers, economies and histories, funerary rites and