Walking With the Night: The Afro-Cuban World of Santeria - Softcover

Canizares, Raul

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9780892813667: Walking With the Night: The Afro-Cuban World of Santeria

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ISBN 10: 0892813660 ISBN 13: 9780892813667

Publisher: Inner Traditions, 1992

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About the Author:

Raul Canizares (1955-2002) was head of the Santeria Temple Orisha Consciousness Movement in Manhattan and the author of Shango: An African-American Titan.

Review:

"A fascinating journey of a little known religious order that puts forward the perception that Santeria is a thoughtful and deliberate response of a thinking people to a hostile social environment." (What's on the Planet)

"Raul Canizares has written an insightful overview of this religion." (Spirituality & Health, December, 2001)

"Canizares pierces through Santeria's outer shell to discuss its gods and initiations, rituals, history and legacy. . . . The narrative comes alive with anecdotes from the author's own involvement." (NAPRA Trade Journal)

“Raul Canizares offers a truly unique perspective in this book - that of not only an active member of the religion of Santeria, but of a high-ranking member of that religion. . . . This book should be in the library of every religious educator, I know it will have a prominent place on my own library shelves.” (Mike Gleason, Witchgrove, March 2007)

"The finest study in English to date of a faith on the brink of becoming a world religion." (William J. Heim, Ph.D., University of South Florida)

"The author of this newest Santeria text is both a scholar of the faith and a devotee. Is there a tougher balance to maintain when writing about any religion? The fact is, Canizares executes the balancing act with considerable precision and charm, making this perhaps the finest introduction to the increasingly popular religion since Joseph Murphy's Santeria: an African Religion in America (Beacon, 1988)." (The Beat)

"Raul Canizares paints a colorful picture of Santeria's oral traditions and musical connections, and raises the curtain of mystery on a vivid and vital faith." (Islands)

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