Embodying Black religions in Africa and its diasporas
""Embodying Black Religions in African and Its Diasporas critically examines the role of the body as religiously motivated social action for people of African descent across the geographic regions of the African continent, the Caribbean and Latin America, the American South, and Europe. Ta...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham
Duke University Press
2021, 2021
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| Series: | Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | ""Embodying Black Religions in African and Its Diasporas critically examines the role of the body as religiously motivated social action for people of African descent across the geographic regions of the African continent, the Caribbean and Latin America, the American South, and Europe. Tackling a variety of religious contexts, from Pentecostalism, to Ifa divination, to Islam, the contributors investigate the complex intersections between the body, religious expression, and the construction and negotiation of particular social relationships and collective identities"--Publisher's description "The contributors to Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas investigate the complex intersections between the body, religious expression, and the construction and negotiation of social relationships and collective identities throughout the Black diaspora."-- |
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| Item Description: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 336 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781478010647 1478013117 1478092343 1478010649 |