Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America

by Miguel A. de la Torre

Book Overview

This book by Miguel De La Torre offers a fascinating guide to the history, beliefs, rituals, and culture of Santer a -- a religious tradition that, despite persecution, suppression, and its own secretive nature, has close to a million adherents in the United States alone.

Santer a is a religion with Afro-Cuban roots, rising out of the cultural clash between the Yoruba people of West Africa and the Spanish Catholics who brought them to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802849733
• ISBN13: 9780802849731
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"