Jamaican Revivalism

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Jamaican Revivalism is a syncretic Afro-Christian religious movement in Jamaica that blends African spiritual traditions with Protestant Christianity, emphasizing spirit possession, healing, and vibrant worship practices.

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Label Occurrences
Jamaican Revivalism canonical 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Christian religious movement ⓘ
Christian new religious movement ⓘ
syncretic religion ⓘ
associatedWith Jamaican cultural identity ⓘ
coreBelief direct experience of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
power of prayer ⓘ
presence of ancestral spirits ⓘ
spiritual healing ⓘ
spiritual warfare against evil spirits ⓘ
corePractice call-and-response singing ⓘ
exorcism ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
ring dances ⓘ
spirit possession ⓘ
trance ⓘ
use of drums in worship ⓘ
vibrant worship ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Jamaica ⓘ
emergedAfterEvent Great Revival of 1860–1861 in Jamaica ⓘ
emergedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
hasBranch Pukumina (Pocomania) ⓘ
linked to: Pocomania

Revival Zion ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom African traditional religions ⓘ
Baptist Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Baptists

Kumina ⓘ
Methodism ⓘ
Myal ⓘ
Obeah (Jamaican folk practice) ⓘ
linked to: Obeah

Protestant Christianity ⓘ
hasLeadershipRole Captain (ritual leader) ⓘ
Mother (female leader) ⓘ
Shepherd (male leader) ⓘ
linked to: Shepherd
historicalContext post-emancipation Jamaica ⓘ
languageOfWorship English ⓘ
Jamaican Creole ⓘ
linked to: Jamaican Patois
musicStyle choral hymns ⓘ
drum-based rhythms ⓘ
primaryLocation rural Jamaica ⓘ
urban Jamaica ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
religiousFamily Christianity ⓘ
ritualObject bibles ⓘ
candles ⓘ
colored flags ⓘ
drums ⓘ
water ⓘ
socialRole community healing ⓘ
informal counseling ⓘ
provision of social support networks ⓘ
viewedAs form of folk Christianity in Jamaica ⓘ

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Pocomania → sharesOriginWith → Jamaican Revivalism ⓘ