Joseph, Celucien L.,

Revolutionary change and democratic religion : Christianity, vodou, and secularism / Celucien L. Joseph. - Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages)

Includes bibliographical references. Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro -- Title Page -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Changing Slavery and Defending Human Rights -- To Write for Change, Freedom, and Human Dignity -- Changing Western Historiography and Epistemology -- Revolution of the Mind: Religion, Marxist Humanism, and Development -- Democratic Faith as Religious Freedom -- Holistic Transformation -- Bibliography Part I. Radical Change in the Time of Slavery and Freedom -- 1. Changing slavery and defending human rights : Toussaint Louverture and the challenge of freedom -- 2. To write for change, freedom, and human dignity : the historic letter of July 1792 -- 3. Changing Western historiography and epistemology : Anténor Firmin, the Egyptian question, and Afrocentric imagination -- Part II. Faith, Secularism, and the Problem of Change -- 4. Revolution of the mind : religion, Marxist humanism, and development : an analysis of Roumain's religious feeling and Marxist rhetoric -- 5. Democratic faith as religious freedom : the possibility of Christian-Vodouist dialogue in Hurbon and Fils-Aime -- 6. Holistic transformation : justice as solidarity and the poor in Aristide's theological tradition.



9781498224710


Religion and politics--Haiti.
Social conflict--Religious aspects.--Haiti
Christianity--Haiti.
Vodou--Haiti.


Electronic Books.

BL2530 / .R486 2020