{"product_id":"spirit-service-1","title":"Spirit Service","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnown in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vodún, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while simultaneously evolving in response to human experience and globalization. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpirit Service: Vodún and Vodou in the African Atlantic World\u003c\/i\u003e explores this dynamic religion, its mobility, and its place in the modern world. By examining the systems—ritual practices, community-based spirit veneration, and spiritual means of securing opportunity and well-being—alongside the individuals who worship, this rich collection offers the first comprehensive ethnographic study of West African spirit service on a broad scale. Contributors consider social encounters between African\/Haitian practitioners and European \/ North American spiritual seekers, economies and histories, funerary rites and spirit possessions, and examinations of gender and materiality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffering much-needed perspective on this historically disparaged religion, \u003ci\u003eSpirit Service\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us all that the gods are growing, assimilating, and demanding recognition and respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"edited by Eric J. Montgomery, Timothy R. Landry, and Christian N. Vannier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573257994422,"sku":"9780253061911","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780253061911_68d5ecb9-92b0-4654-b4ff-406387ffb87e.jpg?v=1726140358","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/spirit-service-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}