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portada This Spot of Ground: Spiritual Baptists in Toronto
Type
Physical Book
Year
2012
Language
English
Pages
292
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781554588459

This Spot of Ground: Spiritual Baptists in Toronto

Carol B. Duncan (Author) · Wilfrid Laurier University Press · Paperback

This Spot of Ground: Spiritual Baptists in Toronto - Carol B. Duncan

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Synopsis "This Spot of Ground: Spiritual Baptists in Toronto "

This Spot of Ground: Spiritual Baptists in Toronto represents the first detailed exploration of an African-Caribbean religion in the context of contemporary migration to Canada. Toronto is home to Canadas largest black population, a significant portion of which comprises Caribbean migrants and their descendants. This book shows how the development of the Spiritual Baptist religion in Canada has been shaped by the immigration experiences of church members, the large majority of whom are women, and it examines the ways in which religious experiences have mediated the members’ experiences of migration and everyday life in Canada. This Spot of Ground is based on a critical ethnography, with in-depth interviews and participant observations of church services and other ritual activities, including baptism and pilgrimage and field research in Trinidad that explores the transnational linkages with Spiritual Baptists there. The book addresses theoretical and methodological issues also, including the development of perspectives suitable for examining diasporic African religious and cultural expressions characterized by transnational migration, an emphasis on oral tradition as the repository of cultural history, and linguistic and cultural hybridity. This Spot of Ground contributes new information to the study of Caribbean religion and culture in the diaspora, providing a detailed examination of the significance of religion in the immigration process and identity and community formations of Caribbean people in Canada.

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