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Creole Religions of the Caribbean approaches readers as if they were out-of-town guests at a dinner party, thoroughly acquainting them with the topics of conversation and encouraging them to mingle among the liveliest characters. -- The Journal of Religion Bravo! A well-written text that de-mystifies Creole spiritual practices and places them in historical perspective . . . a major contribution. -- Multicultural Review Provides a unique sociocultural, historical and political analysis of Caribbean religion. -- Centro Journal Offers an excellent . . . multidisciplinary introduction to the scholarship in this area of study. -- New West Indian Guide

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Margarite Fernández Olmos (Author) Margarite Fernández Olmos is Emerita Professor of Spanish and Latin American literatures at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She is the author or co-editor of many books, including The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present. Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Author) Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert is Professor of Caribbean culture and literature in the Department of Hispanic Studies and The Environmental Studies Program at Vassar College, where she holds the Sarah Tod Fitz Randolph Distinguished Professor Chair.. She is the author of a number of books and is coeditor with Fernández Olmos of Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora.

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