The Faces of the gods : vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Desmangles, Leslie Gérald.
Imprint:Chapel Hill, NC : The University of North Carolina Press, ©1992.
Description:xiii, 218 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13226729
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:0807820598
9780807820599
0807843938
9780807843932
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants' beliefs and practices. Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a grafting of European religious traditions onto African stock, but as a true creole phenomenon, born out of the oppressive conditions of slavery and the necessary adaptation of slaves to a New World environment. Many observers have referred to such New World religions as fusions of religious practices. Desmangles instead uses the concept of symbiosis, which he defines as the juxtaposition of diverse religious traditions, coexisting without fusing. Desmangles uses Haitian history to explain this symbiosis, paying particular attention to the role of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maroon communities in preserving African traditions and the attempt by the Catholic, educated elite to suppress African-based "superstitions." The result is a society in which one religion, Catholicism, is visible and official; the other, Vodou, is unofficial and largely secretive. Both religions continue to play a part in Haitian politics, and Desmangles chronicles the role of Vodou and Catholicism in the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier and the rise of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Other form:Online version: Desmangles, Leslie Gérald. Faces of the gods. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©1992
Standard no.:http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36151522b

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 13226729
007 ta
008 920319s1992 ncuab b 001 0 eng
005 20241002171516.9
010 |a  92053625  
015 |a GB9575543  |2 bnb 
020 |a 0807820598  |q (hard ;  |q alk. paper) 
020 |a 9780807820599  |q (hard ;  |q alk. paper) 
020 |a 0807843938  |q (pbk. ;  |q alk. paper) 
020 |a 9780807843932  |q (pbk. ;  |q alk. paper) 
024 7 |a http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36151522b  |2 uri 
035 9 |a (JKM)99800036905848 
035 |a (OCoLC)25832038  |z (OCoLC)33276928  |z (OCoLC)786373078  |z (OCoLC)1166829882  |z (OCoLC)1201914583  |z (OCoLC)1271475436 
035 |a (OCoLC)25832038  
040 |a DLC  |b eng  |c DLC  |d UKM  |d NLGGC  |d BTCTA  |d YDXCP  |d BAKER  |d UBC  |d GEBAY  |d BDX  |d PSM  |d IAD  |d KEC  |d OCLCF  |d SE4M6  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCA  |d TAJ  |d OCLCO  |d DHA  |d OCLCQ  |d ZID  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d SXQ  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d ZD0  |d OCLCO  |d COM  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ 
043 |a nwht--- 
049 |a UIUU 
050 0 0 |a BL2530.H3  |b D48 1992 
072 7 |a et  |2 rero 
072 7 |a et  |2 SzZuIDS BS/BE 
072 7 |a th  |2 SzZuIDS BS/BE 
072 7 |a 0  |2 IDS LU 
082 0 0 |a 299/.67  |2 20 
084 |a 11.07  |2 bcl 
100 1 |a Desmangles, Leslie Gérald. 
245 1 4 |a The Faces of the gods :  |b vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti /  |c Leslie G. Desmangles. 
260 |a Chapel Hill, NC :  |b The University of North Carolina Press,  |c ©1992. 
300 |a xiii, 218 pages :  |b illustrations, map ;  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index. 
505 0 |a Cultural setting: religious paradox or symbiosis -- Historical setting: the shaping of two religions in symbiosis : Religion in the colony: 1492-1790 ; Religion and the revolts for independence: 1790-1804 ; Religion and the shaping of the republic: 1804-1860 ; Religion in Haitian life: 1860-present -- The faces of myth: symbiosis and the changing self : Participation: the communal self -- Rites of passage: the transfigured self -- The faces of the cosmic gods : The Nanchons: classifications of the Lwas ; Vodou cosmology ; The cosmic Lwas -- The faces of the gods and public life : The Lwas of public life -- Conclusion : Vodou and Catholicism. 
520 |a Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants' beliefs and practices. Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a grafting of European religious traditions onto African stock, but as a true creole phenomenon, born out of the oppressive conditions of slavery and the necessary adaptation of slaves to a New World environment. Many observers have referred to such New World religions as fusions of religious practices. Desmangles instead uses the concept of symbiosis, which he defines as the juxtaposition of diverse religious traditions, coexisting without fusing. Desmangles uses Haitian history to explain this symbiosis, paying particular attention to the role of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maroon communities in preserving African traditions and the attempt by the Catholic, educated elite to suppress African-based "superstitions." The result is a society in which one religion, Catholicism, is visible and official; the other, Vodou, is unofficial and largely secretive. Both religions continue to play a part in Haitian politics, and Desmangles chronicles the role of Vodou and Catholicism in the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier and the rise of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide 
583 |a committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library  |c 2023  |f JKM  |h University of Chicago Library  |5 ICU 
610 2 0 |a Catholic Church. 
610 2 7 |a Catholic Church.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00531720 
610 2 7 |a Katholische Kirche  |2 idszbz 
650 0 |a Vodou  |z Haiti. 
651 0 |a Haiti  |x Religion. 
650 6 |a Vaudou  |z Haïti. 
650 7 |a Religion.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01093763 
650 7 |a Vodou.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01801724 
651 7 |a Haiti.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01205135 
650 7 |a Wodu  |2 gnd 
651 7 |a Haiti  |2 gnd 
650 1 7 |a Voodoo.  |2 gtt 
650 1 7 |a Rooms-katholicisme.  |2 gtt 
650 7 |a Voodoo  |x Katholizismus  |z Haiti  |2 idsbb 
650 7 |a Katholizismus  |x Voodoo  |z Haiti  |2 idsbb 
650 7 |a Vaudou  |x Katholizismus  |z Haiti  |2 idsbb 
650 7 |a Katholizismus  |x Vaudou  |z Haiti  |2 idsbb 
650 7 |a Wodu  |2 idszbz 
651 7 |a Haiti  |2 idszbz 
650 7 |a Syncrétisme  |0 (RERO)A021004255  |2 rero 
650 7 |a Vaudou  |0 (RERO)A021003373  |2 rero 
650 7 |a Mythe  |0 (RERO)A021002234  |2 rero 
650 7 |a Église catholique  |0 (RERO)A021003328  |2 rero 
651 7 |a Haïti  |0 (RERO)A009958746  |2 rero 
650 7 |a rite  |0 (RERO)A009990016  |2 rerovoc 
650 0 7 |a Katholische Kirche.  |2 swd 
653 0 |a Voodoo 
653 0 |a Haiti 
776 0 8 |i Online version:  |a Desmangles, Leslie Gérald.  |t Faces of the gods.  |d Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©1992  |w (OCoLC)656579526 
901 |a JKM 
929 |a cat 
999 f f |s c59e22be-1ab1-42eb-b52e-13f1ab17cde3  |i 43e22bd3-153f-49be-a619-17ab1078a64c 
928 |t Library of Congress classification  |a BL2530.H3 D48 1992  |l CLA  |c CLA-JKM  |i 13317772 
927 |t Library of Congress classification  |a BL2530.H3 D48 1992  |l CLA  |c CLA-JKM  |g JKM  |b 39967001911978  |i 10537694