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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Murphy, Joseph M., 1951- Working the spirit. Boston : Beacon Press, c1994 (OCoLC)624441957 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph M Murphy |
| ISBN: | 0807012203 9780807012208 0807012211 9780807012215 |
| OCLC Number: | 27937491 |
| Description: | xiii, 263 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Haitian vodou -- Candomble in Brazil -- Cuban and Cuban American santeria -- Revival Zion in Jamaica -- The Black Church in the United States -- Working the spirit. |
| Responsibility: | Joseph M. Murphy. |
Abstract:
Murphy explores the contemporary practice, African heritage, and history in the Americas of five traditions ; Candomblé, Santería, Revival Zion, Vodou, and the Black church in the United States.
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