Description: Contents Acknowledgments Dancing the Nation: An Introduction Patrick Taylor I. Spirituality, Healing and the Divine 1. Across the Waters: Practitioners Speak Eva Fernandez, Yvonne B. Drakes, Deloris Seiveright 2. How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land? Constructing the Divine in Caribbean Contexts Althea Prince 3. Communicating with our Gods: The Language of Winti Petronella Breinburg 4. The Intersemiotics of Obeah and Kali Mai in Guyana Frederick Ivor Case 5. Religions of African Origin in Cuba: A Gender Perspective Mara Margarita Castro Flores II. Theology, Society and Politics 6. Sheba's Song: The Bible, the Kebra Nagast and the Rastafari Patrick Taylor 7. Themes from West Indian Church History in Colonial and Post-Colonial Times Arthur C. Dayfoot 8. Congregationalism and Afro-Guyanese Autonomy Juanita de Barros 9. Eden After Eve: Christian Fundamentalism and Women in Barbados Judith Soares 10. Current Evolution of Relations Between Religion and Politics in Haiti Lannec Hurbon III. Religion, Identity and Diaspora 11. Jamaican Diasporic Identity: The Metaphor of Yaad Barry Chevannes 12. Identity, Personhood and Religion in Caribbean Context Abrahim H. Khan 13. Sanfancn: Orientalism, Self-Orientalization and "Chinese Religion" in Cuba Frank F. Scherer 14. The Diasporic Mo(ve)ment: Indentureship and Indo-Caribbean Identity Sean Lokaisingh-Meighoo Caribbean Religions: A Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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