Description: Spiritual Citizenship by N. Fadeke Castor Fadeke Castor explores the roles African religious practice play in the formation of social and political identities play in post-independence Trinidad and Tobago, showing how Ifá/Orisha practitioners build and perceive a sense of diasporic belonging that leads them to work toward black liberation and a decolonial future. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Spiritual Citizenship N. Fadeke Castor employs the titular concept to illuminate how Ifa/Orisha practices informed by Yoruba cosmology shape local, national, and transnational belonging in African diasporic communities in Trinidad and beyond. Drawing on almost two decades of fieldwork in Trinidad, Castor outlines how the political activism and social upheaval of the 1970s set the stage for African diasporic religions to enter mainstream Trinidadian society. She establishes how the postcolonial performance of Ifa/Orisha practices in Trinidad fosters a sense of belonging that invigorates its practitioners to work toward freedom, equality, and social justice. Demonstrating how spirituality is inextricable from the political project of black liberation, Castor illustrates the ways in which Ifa/Orisha beliefs and practices offer Trinidadians the means to strengthen belonging throughout the diaspora, access past generations, heal historical wounds, and envision a decolonial future. Author Biography N. Fadeke Castor is Assistant Professor of Religion and Africana Studies at Northeastern University. Table of Contents Note on Orthography ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Part I. Spiritual Engagements with Black Cultural Citizenship 1. The Spirit of Black Power: An Ancestral Calling 25 2. Multicultural Moments: From Margins to Mainstream 54 Part II. Emerging Spiritual Citizenship 3. Around the Bend: Festive Practices in a YorÙbá-Centric Shrine 71 4. Trini Travels: Spiritual Citizenship as Transnational 99 5. Ifá in Trinidads Ground 128 Appendixes I-III 169 Notes 179 Glossary 191 References 197 Index 221 Review "The author deftly describes the ritual practices of African-based religions in the African diaspora and highlights the role of international conferences in the formation of religious identity. Additionally, she successfully relates the contemporary Orisa movement in Trinidad to the 1970s Trinidad black power movement. . . . Castor does an outstanding job of portraying the flow of ritual and ritual performance. Highly recommended." -- S. D. Glazier * Choice *"Spiritual Citizenship is an important text. . . . An essential teaching text on questions of multiculturalism, citizenship, race, and religion. Its engaging writing style on these timely issues and its focus on the under-studied (but fascinating) religious context of Trinidad make Spiritual Citizenship a must-read." -- J. Brent Crosson * Reading Religion *"Spiritual Citizenship is a groundbreaking ethnography. . . . With vivid, engaging and descriptive writing, Castor examines how Ifá/Orisha religious communities that were for decades persecuted and maligned have been re-evaluated in the context of the Black Power Movement in Trinidad—later defined as integral to the pluralistic and multicultural nation and simultaneously incorporated into transnational spiritual networks of priests and practitioners." -- Yolanda D. Covington-Ward * Transforming Anthropology *"Spiritual Citizenship makes an important ethnographic contribution to Caribbean anthropology and Afro-Atlantic history. . . . This study is notable for the unique and timely ethnographic contributions it makes." -- Keith E. McNeal * Journal of Anthropological Research *"What this book does best is to show how competing transnational and national dynamics offer multiple possibilities for religious authority and achievement, and how these possibilities generate friction. . . . Given how well Castor writes herself and her processes of learning and initiation into the ethnography, the book offers insights on transforming returns at multiple levels." -- Paul Johnson * Anthropos * Review Quote "What this book does best is to show how competing transnational and national dynamics offer multiple possibilities for religious authority and achievement, and how these possibilities generate friction. . . . Given how well Castor writes herself and her processes of learning and initiation into the ethnography, the book offers insights on transforming returns at multiple levels." Details ISBN0822368730 Author N. Fadeke Castor Publisher Duke University Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0822368730 ISBN-13 9780822368731 Format Hardcover Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Pages 256 Publication Date 2017-11-28 Short Title Spiritual Citizenship Language English UK Release Date 2017-11-28 AU Release Date 2017-11-28 NZ Release Date 2017-11-28 US Release Date 2017-11-28 Illustrations 24 photographs, incl. 10 in co Translator Adam Sitze Edited by T. Plunkett Birth 1974 Death 1908 Affiliation Univ Degli Studi Di Verona, Italy Position Customer Qualifications MD Subtitle Transnational Pathways from Black Power to Ifá in Trinidad Alternative 9780822368953 DEWEY 299.68972983 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131533791;
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