| Description |
xiii, 218 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Cultural setting: religious paradox or symbiosis -- Historical setting: the shaping of two religions in symbiosis : Religion in the colony: 1492-1790 ; Religion and the revolts for independence: 1790-1804 ; Religion and the shaping of the republic: 1804-1860 ; Religion in Haitian life: 1860-present -- The faces of myth: symbiosis and the changing self : Participation: the communal self -- Rites of passage: the transfigured self -- The faces of the cosmic gods : The Nanchons: classifications of the Lwas ; Vodou cosmology ; The cosmic Lwas -- The faces of the gods and public life : The Lwas of public life -- Conclusion : Vodou and Catholicism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-209) and index. |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- Haiti.
|
|
Vodou -- Haiti.
|
|
Haiti -- Religion.
|
| ISBN |
0807820598 hardcover alkaline paper |
|
0807843938 paperback alkaline paper |
|
