Title Roots of Haiti's Vodou-Christian faith : African and Catholic origins / R. Murray Thomas.

Publication Info.	Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, 2014.
	©2014

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Description	1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Summary	"This book traces the development of Haiti's combined Vodou-Christian religion from 1500 up to the present and explains how this combination of distinct faiths coalesces in a coherent belief system"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents	Introduction. The nature of the book; The origins -- Religious beliefs and practices. Sources of belief; The organization of religion; Spirits; The creation of the universe; Causes and ceremonies; Maxims and tales; Symbols and sacred objects; Sacred sites; Religious societies -- Postscript. The years ahead.
Subject	Catholic Church -- Haiti.
	Vodou -- Haiti.
	Christianity and other religions -- Vodou.
	Haiti -- Religion.
	BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
	RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
	Catholic Church. (OCoLC)fst00531720
	Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00859599
	Interfaith relations. (OCoLC)fst01353343
	Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
	Vodou. (OCoLC)fst01801724
	Haiti. (OCoLC)fst01205135
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Thomas, R. Murray (Robert Murray), 1921- Roots of Haiti's Vodou-Christian faith : African and Catholic origins. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, c2014 x, 276 pages 9781440832031 2014000223
ISBN	9781440832048 (e-book)
	1440832048 (e-book)

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