
Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas
About this book
"Explores how, in the Americas, people of African birth or descent found spiritual and social empowerment in the orbit of the Church. Draws connections between Afro-Catholic festivals and their precedents in the early modern Christian kingdom of Kongo"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
African americans, religionBlacks, americaFasts and feasts, catholic churchAfrican diasporaAfricansReligionBlacksFasts and feastsCatholic ChurchBlack people