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    The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti
    The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti
    The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti
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    The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti

    By Leslie G. Desmangles

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    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.

    Desmangles uses Haitian history to explain this phenomenon, paying particular attention to the role of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maroon communities in preserving African traditions and the attempts 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe University of North Carolina Press
    Release dateNov 9, 2000
    ISBN9780807861011
    The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti
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    Leslie G. Desmangles

    Leslie G. Desmangles is professor of religion and international studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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