Yazar: Elizabeth McAlister

Rara is a vibrant annual street festival in Haiti, when followers of the Afro-Creole religion called Vodou march loudly into public space to take an active role in politics. Working deftly with highl …

The American Traditional Book 1: The Abridged Book of Prayers The Preface Chapter I: The Sanctifications Chapter II: The Ritual Chapter III: The Rites of Passage The American Traditional Book 2: The …

This collection of all new essays will explore the complex and unstable articulations of race and religion that have helped to produce "Black, " "White, " "Creole, " &qu …

In The Time’s Discipline. Philip Berrigan and Elizabeth Mc Alister offer us a chronicle of their community in Baltimore. They show us that for their nonviolent community, resistance to the nuclear ar …

Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vodún, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while simultan …

This collection of all new essays will explore the complex and unstable articulations of race and religion that have helped to produce "Black, " "White, " "Creole, " &qu …