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Trade Review"Insightful, beautifully written, and empirically sophisticated, this book will be cited by many others, as it establishes the core of what it means to turn to religious conversion, to become an Orisha 'priest'… a joy to read." -- Salvador Vidal-Ortiz * associate professor, sociology, American University *
"[Carr] offers both an insider and outsider perspective (initiate and researcher) that allows us to be privy to the trials and triumphs, the struggles and joys of committing to a faith largely misunderstood and often disparaged by the American mainstream." * Times Higher Education *
“Carr has executed a methodologically innovative study of religious identification and self-creation in American Lukumi with integrity, intimacy and insight. Its focus on the 'everyday religion' of devotees is especially welcome.” -- George Brandon * professor emeritus, anthropogy, City University of New York *
" An excellent contribution to the study of the complicated process of negotiating religious identity in the increasingly pluralistic context of twenty-first century America." -- Sarah M. Pike * professor, comparative religion, California State University, Chico *
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A Year in White is a very fine account and a thoughtful exploration of conversion, deepening faith, and religious socialization, and a thoughtful portrait of the worldview of the Lukumi religion from the inside and how it is incorporated into the lives of the converts that Carr studies." * Reading Religion *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1 Situating the Iyawo
2 Iyawo Experience
3 Iyawo Rules
4 Iyawo Social Relations
5 Relating to the Orisha
6 Conclusion: Two (or more) Worlds
Appendix A: Interview & Survey Participants
Appendix B: Survey
Appendix C: Research Methods
Notes
Bibliography
Index
