Cuban Santeria: experience of religious syncretism

Authors

Anton Nikolaevich DANNENBERG РАГС при Президенте Российской Федерации , RAPA under the President of the Russian Federation Автор

Keywords:

santeria, syncretism, cuba, christianity, catholicism, Yoruba, Olodumare, The Virgin Maria, saints

Abstract

The article considers the issues of religious syncretism in Latin America on an example of Cuban Santeria. The special emphasis is made on the analyses of mechanisms and forms of merging of Catholicism and Yoruba religion.

Published

2011-03-15

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Articles