Chasing Religion in the Caribbean

Peter Marina is Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA. His research specializes in sociology of religion, transgressive sociology, urban ethnography, criminology, Hispanic immigration, and city life, among other topics.  Stephen D. Glazier contributed the foreword. He is Graduate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He is the general editor of The Encyclopedia of African and African American Religions (2001) and a founding member of the editorial board of the journal PentecoStudies.

• Foreword.- Chapter One: Spiritual Rumblings in the Caribbean.- Chapter Two: The Study of Charismatic Christianity in the English-Speaking Caribbean.- Chapter Three: Charismatic Ethnography in the Charismatic Caribbean.- Chapter Four: Antigua.- Chapter Five: Trinidad.- Chapter Six: St. Lucia, Barbados, and Dominica.- Chapter Seven: St. Kitts and Montserrat.- Chapter Eight: Summary and Final Thoughts.- Epilogue: Haiti.

“The book to be accessible to those interested in investigation and analysis over method. … What Marina does bring is essential ethnographic insight into Pentecostalism in the English-speaking Caribbean … . He gives voice to bishops, apostles, and pastors as they articulate their challenges and successes in this under-researched region.” (Marcia Clarke, Pneuma, Vol. 39 (3), 2017)