Mapping the Gullah-Geechee diaspora across time and space Gullah-Geechee Diasporas counters romantic portrayals of Gullah-Geechee culture as a static, geographically isolated remnant of the past.
Mapping the Gullah-Geechee diaspora across time and space Gullah-Geechee Diasporas counters romantic portrayals of Gullah-Geechee culture as a static, geographically isolated remnant of the past.
Exploring how Afro-Atlantic religion has been used to portray Black womanhood by writers and artists from Beyonc to Ntozake ShangeIn this book, Sheneese Thompson analyzes works of film and literature to explore how Afro-Atlantic religion intersects with themes of resilience in Black femininity and womanhood.
This book diversifies the fields of digital religion studies and Africana religious studies by considering the nuanced intersections between digital technologies and the religious experiences of African Americans.
This book diversifies the fields of digital religion studies and Africana religious studies by considering the nuanced intersections between digital technologies and the religious experiences of African Americans.
Rhythm, Ancestrality and Spirit in Maracatu de Nacao and Candomble: Repercussions examines how the highly percussive carnival practice of Maracatu de nacao - an Afro-Brazilian musical and spiritual tradition originating in the north- eastern state of Pernambuco - has evolved in relation to the cosmology of Candomble Nago in the urban centres of Recife and Olinda, Brazil.
Rhythm, Ancestrality and Spirit in Maracatu de Nacao and Candomble: Repercussions examines how the highly percussive carnival practice of Maracatu de nacao - an Afro-Brazilian musical and spiritual tradition originating in the north- eastern state of Pernambuco - has evolved in relation to the cosmology of Candomble Nago in the urban centres of Recife and Olinda, Brazil.
Those who know about how spirituality plays into the world of drug smuggling have likely heard of Santa Muerte, Jesus Malverde, and Santer but the details of the more obscure African religions and Latin American folk saints and cults often remain a mystery.
Exploring how Afro-Atlantic religion has been used to portray Black womanhood by writers and artists from Beyonc to Ntozake ShangeIn this book, Sheneese Thompson analyzes works of film and literature to explore how Afro-Atlantic religion intersects with themes of resilience in Black femininity and womanhood.
An insightful ethnographic account of the lives of Santera practitioners in CubaHow do Santera practitioners in Cuba create and maintain religious communities amidst tensions, disagreements, and competition among them, and in the absence of centralized institutional authority?
Those who know about how spirituality plays into the world of drug smuggling have likely heard of Santa Muerte, Jesus Malverde, and Santer but the details of the more obscure African religions and Latin American folk saints and cults often remain a mystery.
'Voices of Feminist Liberation' brings together a wide range of scholars to explore the work of Rosemary Radford Ruether, one of the most influential feminist and liberation theologians of our time.
'Voices of Feminist Liberation' brings together a wide range of scholars to explore the work of Rosemary Radford Ruether, one of the most influential feminist and liberation theologians of our time.
New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam contributes to the ongoing dialogue about the nature and influence of the Nation of Islam (NOI), bringing fresh insights to areas that have previously been overlooked in the scholarship of Elijah Muhammad's NOI, the Imam W.
New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam contributes to the ongoing dialogue about the nature and influence of the Nation of Islam (NOI), bringing fresh insights to areas that have previously been overlooked in the scholarship of Elijah Muhammad's NOI, the Imam W.
The growing pace of international migration, technological revolution in media and travel generate circumstances that provide opportunities for the mobility of African new religious movements (ANRMs) within Africa and beyond.
The growing pace of international migration, technological revolution in media and travel generate circumstances that provide opportunities for the mobility of African new religious movements (ANRMs) within Africa and beyond.
