Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye V. City of Hialeah

by David M. O'Brien

Book Overview

The Santeria religion of Cuba--the Way of the Saints--mixes West AfricanYoruba culture with Catholicism. Similar to Haitian voodoo, Santeria has long practiced animal sacrifice in certain rites. But when Cuban immigrants brought those rituals to Florida, local authorities were suddenly confronted with a controversial situation that pitted the regulation of public health and morality against religious freedom.

After Ernesto Pichardo established...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070061303X
• ISBN13: 9780700613038
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"