Experiments with Power
Obeah and the Remaking of Religion in Trinidad
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Introduction
Part One. The Depths
Interlude 1. Number Twenty-One Junction
Chapter 1. What Obeah Does Do: Religion, Violence, and Law
Interlude 2. In the Valley of Dry Bones
Chapter 2. Experiments with Justice: On Turning in the Grave
Interlude 3. To Balance the Load
Chapter 3. Electrical Ethics: On Turning the Other Cheek
Part Two. The Nations
Interlude 4. Where the Ganges Meets the Nile, I
Chapter 4. Blood Lines: Race, Sacrifice, and the Making of Religion
Interlude 5. Where the Ganges Meets the Nile, II
Chapter 5. A Tongue between Nations: Spiritual Work, Secularism, and the Art of Crossover
Part Three. The Heights
Interlude 6. Arlena’s Haunting
Chapter 6. High Science
Epilogue. The Ends of Tolerance
References
Notes
Index
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
Religion: Religion and Society
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