{"product_id":"9780253061911","title":"Spirit Service : Vodun and Vodou in the African Atlantic World by Nixon Cleophat","description":"Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vod?n, 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.  Spirit Service: Vod?n and Vodou in the African Atlantic World 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.  Offering much-needed perspective on this historically disparaged religion, Spirit Service reminds us all that the gods are growing, assimilating, and demanding recognition and respect.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56231007125877,"sku":"9780253061911","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780253061911.jpg?v=1762266568","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780253061911","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}