Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America Paperback - 2004
by Miguel A. de la Torre
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I grew up as a believer in Santeria, in a home where both parents ministered to the needs of our faith community.
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This book by Miguel De La Torre offers a fascinating guide to the history, beliefs, rituals, and culture of Santeria -- a religious tradition that, despite persecution, suppression, and its own secretive nature, has close to a million adherents in the United States alone.
Santeria is a religion with Afro-Cuban roots, rising out of the cultural clash between the Yoruba people of West Africa and the Spanish Catholics who brought them to the Americas as slaves. As a faith of the marginalized and persecuted, it gave oppressed men and women strength and the will to survive. With the exile of thousands of Cubans in the wake of Castro's revolution in 1959, Santeria came to the United States, where it is gradually coming to be recognized as a legitimate faith tradition.
Apart from vague suspicions that Santeria's rituals include animal sacrifice and notions that it is a bsyncretisticb form of Catholicism, most people in America's cultural and religious mainstream know very little about this rich faith tradition -- in fact, many have never heard of it at all. De La Torre, who was reared in Santeria, sets out in this book to provide a basic understanding of its inner workings. He clearly explains the particular worldview, myths, rituals, and practices of Santeria, and he discusses what role the religion typically plays in the life of its practitioners as well as the cultural influence it continues to exert in Latin American communities today.In offering a balanced, informed survey of Santeria from his unique binsider-outsiderb perspective, De La Torre also provides insight into how Christianity and Santeria can enter into dialogue -- a dialogue that will challenge Christians toconsider what this emerging faith tradition can teach them about their own. Enhanced with illustrations, tables, and a glossary, De La Torre's "Santeria" sheds light on a religion all too often shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding.
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- Title Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America
- Author Miguel A. de la Torre
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 246
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-08-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780802849731 / 0802849733
- Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.34 x 0.57 in (23.11 x 16.10 x 1.45 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Religious Orientation: New Age
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress subjects Santeria
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004050601
- Dewey Decimal Code 299.674
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/01/2004, Page 22
- Choice, 05/01/2005, Page 1605
- Library Journal, 11/15/2004, Page 64
- Publishers Weekly, 08/16/2004, Page 0
- PW Notes and Reprints, 08/16/2004, Page 61
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