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My Soul Is in Haiti

Protestantism in the Haitian Diaspora of the Bahamas [Paperback]

by Bertin M. Louis

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      Bertin M. Louis

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      New York University Press

    • Published

      December 2016

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      In the Haitian diaspora, as in Haiti itself, the majority of Haitians have long practiced Catholicism or Vodou. However, Protestant forms of Christianity now flourish both in Haiti and beyond. In the Bahamas, where approximately one in five people are now Haitian-born or Haitian-descended, Protestantism has become the majority religion for immigrant Haitians. In My Soul Is in Haiti, Bertin M. Louis, Jr. has combined multi-sited ethnographic research in the United States, Haiti, and the Bahamas with a transnational framework to analyze why Protestantism has appealed to the Haitian diaspora community in the Bahamas. The volume illustrates how devout Haitian Protestant migrants use their religious identities to ground themselves in a place that is hostile to them as migrants, and it also uncovers how their religious faith ties in to their belief in the need to save their homeland, as they re-imagine Haiti politically and morally as a Protestant Christian nation. This important look at transnational migration between second and third world countries shows how notions of nationalism among Haitian migrants in the Bahamas are filtered through their religious beliefs. By studying local transformations in the Haitian diaspora of the Bahamas, Louis offers a greater understanding of the spread of Protestant Christianity, both regionally and globally. "

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      • Author

        Bertin M. Louis

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        New York University Press

      • Published

        December 2016

      • Weight

        296g

      • Page Count

        200

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 12 mm

      • ISBN

        9781479841660

      • ISBN-10

        1479841668

      • Eden Code

        4456233

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      • Author/Creator: Bertin M. Louis

      • ISBN: 9781479841660

      • Publisher: New York University Press

      • Release Date: December 2016

      • Weight: 296g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 12 mm

      • Eden Code: 4456233


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