{"product_id":"spirit-service-vodzn-and-vodou-in-the-african-atlantic-world-9780253061911","title":"Spirit Service: Vodún and Vodou in the African Atlantic World","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric J. Montgomery is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Michigan State University and Saperstein Senior Fellow and Faculty in the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Wayne State University. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAn Ethnography of a Vodu Shrine in Southern Togo \u003c\/i\u003eand editor of \u003ci\u003eShackled Sentiments: Slaves, Spirits, and Memories in the African Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e.Timothy R. Landry is Associate Professor in the departments of Anthropology and Religious Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eVodún: Secrecy and the Search for Divine Power\u003c\/i\u003e.Christian N. Vannier is Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Michigan, Flint. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eAn Ethnography of a Vodu Shrine in Southern Togo \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCultures of Doing Good: Anthropologists and NGOs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603091390738,"sku":"9780253061911","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e08a8b8d-ab56-4ba5-811b-b13d42803842.jpg?v=1757423518","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/spirit-service-vodzn-and-vodou-in-the-african-atlantic-world-9780253061911","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}