Where Have All the Oungan Gone?: Charismatic Christianity and Moral Representations of Vodou in Haiti

This article examines the conflation of oungan (priest-healer) with bòkò ("sorcerer") among Haiti’s Charismatic Christians. The phenomenon, however, is hardly new, having been a strategy in earlier campagnes anti-superstitieuses by the Catholic Church. More recently, the "spiritual wa...

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Main Author: Lowe, Lenny J. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2023
In: Nova religio
Year: 2023, Volume: 26, Issue: 4, Pages: 8-32
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