The Muslim slave uprising in Bahia in 1835; though unsuccessful in winning freedom for the rebels; had national repercussions; making it the most important urban slave rebellion in the Americas and the only one in which Islam played a major role. Joao Jose Reis draws on hundreds of police and trial records in which Africans; despite obvious intimidation; spoke out about their cultural; social; economic; religious; and domestic lives in Salvador.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Ellen ArmstrongLots of detail; but repetitive. Only first halfcovers pharoanic period.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The most thorough single-volume overview of Egyptian religionBy DAJThis volume is really made up of two books; one by Zivie-Coche covering dynastic Egypt and another by Dunand on the Greco-Roman period. Both cover beliefs and practices in roughly equal depth; which many current books on Egyptian religion unfortunately fail to do. The joint between the two parts is visible; but I don't think it's likely to cause confusion; because the start of the latter book gives a historical overview of the Greco-Roman period and its background.Zivie-Coche's section is admirably thorough; with chapters discussing the gods; Egyptian beliefs about creation and the passage of time; temples; popular religion; and funerary practices. It is one of the few well-rounded books on Egyptian religion. The other major one is Stephen Quirke's Ancient Egyptian Religion; which is a little less dense and analytical than this book and may be a better introduction to the subject.Dunand's section covers a lot of territory and feels a bit less cohesive. It describes how temples; popular religion; and funerary religion developed in Greco-Roman times; and it examines new factors in the equation: the Ptolemaic and Roman rulers; the hybrid Greco-Egyptian god Sarapis; the introduction of new religious beliefs (including Judaism and various forms of Christianity); and religious conflict. Dunand seems to contradict herself when discussing how separate the Greek and Egyptian cultural spheres were; perhaps because the relationship between them changed greatly between early Ptolemaic times and the early centuries of Roman rule. She does; however; deserve credit for covering the religious diversity in Greco-Roman Egypt; including Greek and Roman cults; Judaism; and even some of the variety of Christian sects; better than any other overview of Egyptian religion.
