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Ritual, discourse, and community in Cuban Santería : speaking a sacred world / Kristina Wirtz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary CubaPublication details: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 252 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813037035
  • 0813037034
Other title:
  • Ritual, discourse, and community in Cuban Santeria
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ritual, discourse, and community in Cuban Santería.DDC classification:
  • 299.6/7409729165 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2532.S3 W57 2007eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction : telling moments -- "All the priests in the house" : defining Santería -- Competing histories and dueling moralities -- From skepticism to faith : narratives of religious experience -- Skepticism in faith : evaluating religious experiences in rituals -- Respecting the religion, advancing in the religion -- Building a moral community out of critique and controversy -- Conclusion : the promise.
Summary: Drawing on ethnographic research about Santeria beliefs and practices, Wirtz observes that practitioners are constantly engaged in reflection about what they and other practitioners are doing, how the orichas (deities) have responded, and what the consequences of their actions were or will be.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.

Introduction : telling moments -- "All the priests in the house" : defining Santería -- Competing histories and dueling moralities -- From skepticism to faith : narratives of religious experience -- Skepticism in faith : evaluating religious experiences in rituals -- Respecting the religion, advancing in the religion -- Building a moral community out of critique and controversy -- Conclusion : the promise.

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Drawing on ethnographic research about Santeria beliefs and practices, Wirtz observes that practitioners are constantly engaged in reflection about what they and other practitioners are doing, how the orichas (deities) have responded, and what the consequences of their actions were or will be.