Banning Black Gods : Law and Religions of the African Diaspora / Danielle N. Boaz.
2021
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Title
Banning Black Gods : Law and Religions of the African Diaspora / Danielle N. Boaz.
Imprint
University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Description
1 online resource (242 p.)
Series
Africana religions ; 6.
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I. Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Palo Mayombe, and Umbanda
Introduction
Chapter 1. New Forms of Religious Terrorism
Chapter 2. The Gorilla in the Room
Chapter 3. "The Dark Side of Santeria"
Chapter 4. The Best Interests of the Child?
Section II. Islam, Rastafari, and Religious Symbols in the African Diaspora
Introduction
Chapter 5. Headscarves, Dreadlocks, and Other "Disruptions"
Chapter 6. Neither Litigant, nor Lawyer, nor Law Enforcement
Section III. The Boundaries of Religion
Introduction
Chapter 7. Continued Proscription
Chapter 8. "Fragmentary," "Dangerous," and "Unethical" Belief Systems
Chapter 9. Myths of African Diaspora Religions
Conclusion: The Future of Religious Racism
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I. Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Palo Mayombe, and Umbanda
Introduction
Chapter 1. New Forms of Religious Terrorism
Chapter 2. The Gorilla in the Room
Chapter 3. "The Dark Side of Santeria"
Chapter 4. The Best Interests of the Child?
Section II. Islam, Rastafari, and Religious Symbols in the African Diaspora
Introduction
Chapter 5. Headscarves, Dreadlocks, and Other "Disruptions"
Chapter 6. Neither Litigant, nor Lawyer, nor Law Enforcement
Section III. The Boundaries of Religion
Introduction
Chapter 7. Continued Proscription
Chapter 8. "Fragmentary," "Dangerous," and "Unethical" Belief Systems
Chapter 9. Myths of African Diaspora Religions
Conclusion: The Future of Religious Racism
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Summary
Banning Black Gods is a global examination of the legal challenges faced by adherents of the most widely practiced African-derived religions in the twenty-first century, including Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Palo Mayombe, Umbanda, Islam, Rastafari, Obeah, and Voodoo. Examining court cases, laws, human rights reports, and related materials, Danielle N. Boaz argues that restrictions on African diaspora religious freedom constitute a unique and pervasive form of anti-Black discrimination.Emphasizing that these twenty-first-century cases and controversies are not a new phenomenon but rather a reemergence of colonial-era ideologies and patterns of racially motivated persecution, Boaz focuses each chapter on a particular challenge to Black religious freedom. She examines issues such as violence against devotees, restrictions on the ritual slaughter of animals, limitations on the custodial rights of parents, and judicial refusals to recognize these faiths as protected religions. Boaz introduces new issues that have never been considered as a question of religious freedom before-such as the right of Palo Mayombe devotees to possess remains of the dead-and she brings together controversies that have not been previously regarded as analogous, such as the right to wear headscarves and the right to wear dreadlocks in schools. Framing these issues in comparative perspective and focusing on transnational and transregional issues, Boaz advances our understanding of the larger human rights disputes that country-specific studies can overlook.Original and compelling, this important new book will be welcomed by students and scholars of African diaspora religions and discerning readers interested in learning more about the history of racial discrimination
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In English.
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