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Journeys to the Spiritual Lands

Wallace W. Zane
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      Although much has been written on the Afro-Catholic syncretic religions of Vodou, Candomble, and Santeria, the Spiritual Baptists—an Afro-Caribbean religion based on Protestant Christianity—have received little attention. This fieldwork-based study offers the first detailed examination of the Spiritual Baptists or "Converted". The most distinguishing characteristic of their religion is the emphasis on spiritual travel on a regular basis for all believers. Onthese travels, all are required to do spiritual work by ecstatic means on behalf of the community. This makes Converted religion a possibly unique form of shamanism. Their cosmology is a distinct expression of Vincentian culture, neither African nor European, Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress is a sacredtext for them, serving as a guidebook to the spritual realm in which they travel. They also travel in the spirit to the Biblical lands, and to the British colonial lands of Africa, India, and China. In their dream states, the Converted learn practical skills such as cooking, sewing, and reading - a phenomenon occasionally seen elsewhere among individuals but unheard of as an enculturated trait. Yet despite all of this their beliefs are strictly based on a fundamentalist Christianity in whichevery action is justified by the Bible.Based on 18 months among the Converted on the island of St. Vincent (where the religion arose) and among Vincentian immigrants in Brooklyn, Zane's spellbinding account of his experiences and his lucid analysis of the Converted religion, its origins, and development make this book an outstanding contribution to the literature on African-American and African Diaspora religion, and the anthropology of religion more generally.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Wallace W. Zane EAN: 9780195128451 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 532 g HEIGHT: 241 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-09-30 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology, RELIGION / Christianity / Baptist, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      Caribbean islands, Baptist Churches, Other religions and spiritual beliefs

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      Although much has been written on the Afro-Catholic syncretic religions of Vodou, Candomble, and Santeria, the Spiritual Baptists—an Afro-Caribbean religion based on Protestant Christianity—have received little attention. This fieldwork-based study offers the first detailed examination of the Spiritual Baptists or "Converted". The most distinguishing characteristic of their religion is the emphasis on spiritual travel on a regular basis for all believers. Onthese travels, all are required to do spiritual work by ecstatic means on behalf of the community. This makes Converted religion a possibly unique form of shamanism. Their cosmology is a distinct expression of Vincentian culture, neither African nor European, Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress is a sacredtext for them, serving as a guidebook to the spritual realm in which they travel. They also travel in the spirit to the Biblical lands, and to the British colonial lands of Africa, India, and China. In their dream states, the Converted learn practical skills such as cooking, sewing, and reading - a phenomenon occasionally seen elsewhere among individuals but unheard of as an enculturated trait. Yet despite all of this their beliefs are strictly based on a fundamentalist Christianity in whichevery action is justified by the Bible.Based on 18 months among the Converted on the island of St. Vincent (where the religion arose) and among Vincentian immigrants in Brooklyn, Zane's spellbinding account of his experiences and his lucid analysis of the Converted religion, its origins, and development make this book an outstanding contribution to the literature on African-American and African Diaspora religion, and the anthropology of religion more generally.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Wallace W. Zane EAN: 9780195128451 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 532 g HEIGHT: 241 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-09-30 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology, RELIGION / Christianity / Baptist, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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