Terry Rey: 3 books
The Priest and the Prophetess
Abbé Ouvière, Romaine Rivière, and the Revolutionary Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
By 1791, the French Revolution had spread to Haïti, where slaves and free blacks alike had begun demanding civil rights guaranteed in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man. Enter Romaine-la-Prophétesse, a free black Dominican coffee farmer who dressed in women's clothes and claimed that the...
Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith
Haitian Religion in Miami
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s,
significant numbers of Haitian immigrants began to arrive and settle in Miami.
Overcoming some of the most foreboding obstacles ever to face immigrants in
America, they, their children, and now their grandchildren, as well as more
recently arriving immigrants...
Bourdieu on Religion
Imposing Faith and Legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Pierre Bourdieu was one of the most influential social theorists of our time. He developed a series of concepts to uncover the way society works and to challenge assumptions about what society is. His ideas illuminate how individuals and groups find value and meaning and so have rapidly come to be...