Governing Spirits

Author : Reinaldo L. Román
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807888940
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governing Spirits written by Reinaldo L. Román and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom of religion did not come easily to Cuba or Puerto Rico. Only after the arrival of American troops during the Spanish-American War were non-Catholics permitted to practice their religions openly and to proselytize. When government efforts to ensure freedom of worship began, reformers on both islands rejoiced, believing that an era of regeneration and modernization was upon them. But as new laws went into effect, critics voiced their dismay at the rise of popular religions. Reinaldo L. Roman explores the changing relationship between regulators and practitioners in neocolonial Cuba and Puerto Rico. Spiritism, Santeria, and other African-derived traditions were typically characterized in sensational fashion by the popular press as "a plague of superstition." Examining seven episodes between 1898 and the Cuban Revolution when the public demanded official actions against "misbelief," Roman finds that when outbreaks of superstition were debated, matters of citizenship were usually at stake. He links the circulation of spectacular charges of witchcraft and miracle-making to anxieties surrounding newly expanded citizenries that included people of color. Governing Spirits also contributes to the understanding of vernacular religions by moving beyond questions of national or traditional origins to illuminate how boundaries among hybrid practices evolved in a process of historical contingencies.

Author : United States. Office of Internal Revenue
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulations Governing the Withdrawal of Wine Spirits Or Grape Brandy from Distilleries and Special Bonded Warehouses, Free of Tax, for the Fortification of Pure Sweet Wines written by United States. Office of Internal Revenue and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Internal Revenue Service
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
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Download or read book Regulations Governing the Withdrawal of Wine Spirits Or Grape Brandy from Distilleries and Special Bonded Warehouses for the Fortification of Pure Sweet Wines written by United States. Internal Revenue Service and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1138 pages
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Download or read book Rules and Regulations Governing the Treasury Department in Its Various Branches ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Khorshed Bhavnagri
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 817992985X
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Laws of the Spirit World written by Khorshed Bhavnagri and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITH A BRAND NEW LOOK! ON FEBRUARY 22, 1980, KHORSHED AND RUMI BHAVNAGRI’S WORLD WAS SHATTERED. ONE MONTH LATER, A NEW ONE OPENED. Khorshed and Rumi Bhavnagri lost their sons, Vispi and Ratoo, in a tragic car crash. With both their sons gone, the couple felt they would not survive for long. They had lost all faith in God until a miraculous message from the Spirit World gave them hope and sent them on an incredible journey.

Author : Great Britain. Board of Trade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
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Download or read book Statistical Tables Relating to British Self-governing Dominions, Crown Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates written by Great Britain. Board of Trade and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William C. Chittick
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791498964
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Self-Disclosure of God written by William C. Chittick and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Self-Disclosure of God offers the most detailed presentation to date in any Western language of the basic teachings of Islam's greatest mystical philosopher and theologian. It represents a major step forward in making available to the Western reading public the enormous riches of Islamic teachings in the fields of cosmology, mystical philosophy, theology, and spirituality. The Self-Disclosure of God continues the author's investigations of the world view of Ibn al-ʿArabī, the greatest theoretician of Sufism and the "seal of the Muhammadan saints." The book is divided into three parts, dealing with the relation between God and the cosmos, the structure of the cosmos, and the nature of the human soul. A long introduction orients the reader and discusses a few of the difficulties faced by Ibn al-ʿArabī's interpreters. Like Chittick's earlier work, The Sufi Path of Knowledge, this book is based primarily on Ibn al-ʿArabī's monumental work, al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah "The Meccan Openings." More than one hundred complete chapters and subsections are translated, not to mention shorter passages that help put the longer discussions in context. There are detailed indices of sources, Koranic verses and hadiths. The book's index of technical terminology will be an indispensable reference for all those wishing to delve more deeply into the use of language in Islamic thought in general and Sufism in particular.

Author : Kirsten McConnachie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113505133X
Total Pages : 206 pages
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Download or read book Governing Refugees written by Kirsten McConnachie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refugee camps are imbued in the public imagination with assumptions of anarchy, danger and refugee passivity. Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism challenges such assumptions, arguing that refugee camps should be recognized as spaces where social capital can not only survive, but thrive. This book examines camp management and the administration of justice in refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border. Emphasising the work of refugees themselves in coping with and adapting to encampment, it considers themes of agency, sovereignty and legal pluralism in an analysis of local governance and the production of order beyond the state. Governing Refugees will appeal to anyone with relevant interests in law, anthropology and criminology, as well as those working in the area of refugee studies.

Author : United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
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Total Pages : 122 pages
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Download or read book Schedule Governing the Statistical Classification of Imports Into the United States with Rates of Duty written by United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 118 pages
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Download or read book Schedule Governing the Statistical Classification of Imports Into the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: