Evangelicals, Catholics, and Vodouyizan in Haiti - The Challenges of Living Together

Scholars, researchers and faith practitioners have characterized the history of Haiti''s two dominant religious traditions - Christianity and Vodou - as antagonistic, conflicting, unproductive and lacking in mutual understanding. Historically and practically, the problem between these two faith traditions lies in their resistance to building constructive channels toward mutual understanding, peace, interfaith dialogue, interreligious collaboration and partnership. These pivotal concerns have not only had a tremendous impact on nation-building in Haiti, but have also weakened Haitian democracy and challenged religious freedom and expression. Exploring the subject through many different theoretical frameworks and epistemological traditions, this volume is an attempt to fill that gap for the English speaking world and make a resource available which will be beneficial to scholars, practitioners, historians and sociologists of religion, as well as the religious communities themselves in Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora.>

About the author

Celucien L. Joseph currently serves as professor and chair of the English Department at San Jacinto College and visiting professor of theology at Emmaus University in Haiti. His most recent books include Theologizing in Black: On Africana Theological Ethics and Anthropology (2020), and Theological Education and Christian Scholarship for Human Flourishing: Hermeneutics, Knowledge, and Multiculturalism (2022).Lewis A. Clorméus is an associate research scholar in the Department of African American Studies at Yale University, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Lewis A Clormeus, Celucien L Joseph
• Assisted by: Lewis A. Clorméus (Editor), Celucien L. Joseph (Editor), Joseph Celucien L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781350351707
• ISBN: 978-1-350-35170-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 238 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Haiti, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics