Black Catholic Worlds - Religious Geographies of Eighteenth-Century Afro-Colombia

This book examines how people of African descent used Catholicism to improve their lives in quotidian ways throughout New Granada . It will appeal to readers interested in colonial Latin America, slavery, the Inquisition, Colombian history, the Atlantic World, Africana Religions, Black Studies, and Mobility Studies.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Part I. Black Geographies; 1. African diasporic worlds; 2. Healing and ritual on the move; Part II. Religion in Place; 3. Black catholic knowledge in the Caribbean; 4. Spiritual pasture in the Pacific; Part III. In the Interstices; 5. Administering the sacraments; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Bethan Fisk is Lecturer in Colonial Latin American History at the University of Bristol. This is her first book.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bethan Fisk, Bethan (University of Bristol) Fisk
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.09.2025
• EAN: 9781009543538
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0954353-8
• Seiten: 308
• Serie: Afro-Latin America
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Colombia, HISTORY / Latin America / General, History of Religion, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, C 1700 To C 1800