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An Absent History: The Marks of Africa on Puerto Rican Popular Catholicism

Santana, José
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8813-1077
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1500482261688046

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2017, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, Theological Studies.
Throughout Puerto Rico’s history there has existed both an explicit and persistent implicit denial of African history, culture, and religiosity. Such denial, initiated by Spanish blood purity ideologies and continued by U.S. American hegemony, has resulted in the “othering” of African religious expression, which has yet to be fully embraced by society at-large and by ecclesiastical structures. Instead African religious expression has been integrated into the popular practices of the common class. Informed by this background, this research explores popular Catholic practices of African inheritance in Puerto Rico, examining their history, meaning, and potential contribution for the theological community.
Neomi De Anda (Advisor)
Cecilia Moore (Committee Member)
Dennis Doyle (Committee Member)
111 p.
Latin American History; Latin American Studies; Religion; Religious History; Spirituality; Theology
Catholicism; Puerto Rico; Puerto Rican; Afro-Puerto Rican; Popular Catholicism; Baquine; Bomba; Racism; African

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  • Santana, J. (2017). An Absent History: The Marks of Africa on Puerto Rican Popular Catholicism [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1500482261688046

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Santana, José. An Absent History: The Marks of Africa on Puerto Rican Popular Catholicism. 2017. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1500482261688046.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Santana, José. "An Absent History: The Marks of Africa on Puerto Rican Popular Catholicism." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1500482261688046

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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