Book

Jamacian religions: a study in variations

University MicrofilmsAnn Arbor • Published In 1975 • Pages:

By: Hogg, Donald.

Abstract
This is a study of cults and sects popular with the Jamaican working class, beginning with a lengthy history of the sociocultural context for the development of religious movements. Most of the cults fall along an Afro-Christian continuum, including the Pentecostal (or Jesus Only) sect, the Church of God, Myalism, Native Baptism, Bedwardism, Zion Revival, Convince, and Pocomania (the major focus). The author compares the rural and urban forms of these cults, and provides detailed descriptions of ceremonies and spirit possession trances, as well detailed information on sorcery (obeah) and magic.
Subjects
History
Urban and rural life
Classes
General character of religion
Eschatology
Spirits and gods
Revelation and divination
Ecclesiastical organization
culture
Jamaicans
Region
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub Region
Caribbean
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnographer
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Martin Malone ; Marlene Martin ; 1975-1976
Field Date
summer (3 mos.), 1955 ; summer (4 mos.), 1956
Coverage Date
1955-1956
Coverage Place
Orange River, St. Mary Parish and Spanish Town, St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica
Notes
by Donald W. Hogg
Hogg occasionally uses ghost and spirit interchangeably, but generally they have distinct meanings which correspond to the OCM Categories, 775 for ghosts and 776 for spirits.
UM67-2981
Includes bibliographical references (p. 450-466)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1964
LCSH
Jamaica--Religion