Towards a new merging

On the basis of the spiritistic doctrine of Allan Kardec, various local religions have been created in Latin America in combination with different belief systems. Regarding Puerto Rican Espiritism this article shows the parallelism between Spiritism and Afro-American religions, specially Santeria. The Puerto Ricans managed to integrate Spiritism as well as Santeria in their religious culture which can be described as a “bricolage” (Claude Lévi-Strauss). Puerto Rico has undergone the influence of spiritism since the middle of the 19th century and of Santeria, the Cuban religion, since the Cuban revolution of 1959. Both can be characterized therefore as parts of the Afro-Puerto Rican religious culture

African culture · Christianity · Doctrine · Latin Americans · Puerto rican · Westernization · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Latin American and Latino Studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices