A01=Kenneth Anthony Lum
African diaspora religions
African Slave Trade
Author_Kenneth Anthony Lum
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Baptist Faith
Caribbean ethnography
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Category=JBS
Category=JHM
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church
comparative spirit possession practices
Da Nce
Dance
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French West Indian Islands
holy
kabalistic
Kabalistic Side
Kola Nuts
Mercy Seat
Mount Nebo
Mourning Room
orisha
Orisha Work
Orisha Worshippers
Religious Services
religious syncretism Trinidad
ritual manifestation analysis
Roman Catholic Prayers
Roman Catholic Saints
side
spirit
spirit possession research
spiritual
Spiritual Baptist
Spiritual Baptist Church
Spiritual Baptist Faith
Spiritual Baptist Service
Spiritual World
Thutmose III
Traditional West African Religions
Traditional Yoruba Religion
West Indian Islands
work
Yoruba religious studies
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9789057026102
- Weight: 703g
- Dimensions: 160 x 237mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jan 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
