Praising His Name In The Dance

Spirit Possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work in Trinidad, West Indies

Kenneth Anthony Lum (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2000
Routledge (Verlag)
978-90-5702-610-2 (ISBN)

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This book studies the phenomemon of spirit possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work of the West Indies, examining the similarities and interactions between the different religions of differing populations.

The author provides a detailed portrait of the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work, two religions that share a common basis in the traditional religion of the Yoruba in West Africa. Specifically, the author studies the phenomenon of spirit possession, an integral aspect of worship in both religions. In the Spiritual Baptist Faith, a person who is possessed by the Holy Spirit retains his or her own identity, while in Orisha Work, those who are possessed by the orishas (spirits), become the spirits. Both types of possession are based on the Yoruba concept of self in which identity is dependent on the spirit which animates a physical body. This common basis of religions enables the respective populations to interact extensively and explains why an individual can experience both types of spiritual possession.

Kenneth Anthony Lum

Part 1 Ethnographies: The Spiritual Baptist Faith: Introduction. The Spiritual Baptist Faith: Beliefs and Rituals. The Spiritual Baptist Faith: Manifestations. Orisha Work: Beliefs. Orisha Work: Rituals. Orisha Work: Manifestations. The Kabalistic Side. Part 2 Commentaries: The Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work: Histories of Their Populations. The Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work: Histories. Manifestation in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work. Exegesis and Comparison. Part 3 Appendices: Previous Research on Spirit Possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work in Trinidad. Practices Prohibited by the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance. Orisha Songs. On a Person's Relationship with the Orishas. Pointing on Speech. On the Kabalistic Spirits

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.1.2000
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 237 mm
Gewicht	703 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	90-5702-610-4 / 9057026104
ISBN-13	978-90-5702-610-2 / 9789057026102
Zustand	Neuware