Reclaiming African Religions in Trinidad: The Socio Political Legitimation of the Orisha and Spiritual Baptist Faiths, Frances Henry's 2003 academic study from the University of the West Indies Press, drawn from years of Trinidad fieldwork, traces the Orisha and Spiritual Baptist faiths' move from suppression to legal recognition, including the 1917 Shouters Prohibition Ordinance, its 1951 repeal, and the 1999 legal recognition of Orisha marriages. Its strength is that it is squarely the fact's own subject, drawn from sustained direct fieldwork. Its limit is that it focuses on these two faiths specifically; other Afro Trinidadian religious traditions need their own dedicated sources.
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Reliability Tier1
Published by the University of the West Indies Press in 2003, Frances Henry's academic study drawn from years of Trinidad fieldwork, treated at the top tier. NotesAcademic study, drawn from years of Trinidad fieldwork, of the Orisha and Spiritual Baptist faiths' move from suppression to legal recognition, including the 1917 Shouters Prohibition Ordinance, its 1951 repeal, and the 1999 legal recognition of Orisha marriages. Squarely the fact's own subject.
Citation
AuthorFrances Henry
PublisherUniversity of the West Indies Press
Publication Year2003
URLhttps://libraries.sta.uwi.edu/uwipress/index.php/main/catalogueDetails/503
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Baptist directly: "of the Orisha and Spiritual Baptist Faiths, Frances Henry's 2003 academic study from the University of the West Indies Press, drawn from years of Trinidad fieldwork, traces the Orisha and Spiritual..."
This source names Reclaiming directly: "Reclaiming African Religions in Trinidad: The Socio Political Legitimation of the Orisha and Spiritual Baptist Faiths, Frances Henry's 2003 academic study from the University of the West Indies..."
Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Religions, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Deities, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Countries, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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