ABSTRACT
This book examines the relationship between economics, politics and religion through the case of Olivorio Mateo and the religious movement he inspired from 1908 in the Dominican Republic. The authors explore how and why the new religion was formed, and why it was so successful. Comparing this case with other peasant movements, they show ways in which folk religion serves as a response to particular problems which arise in peasant societies during times of stress.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |30 pages
1 Introduction
part |222 pages
The events
part |61 pages
The myth
chapter |59 pages
Olivorista lore
part |286 pages
The causes
chapter |110 pages
Economic and political change in the San Juan Valley, 1503–1922
chapter |41 pages
Justifying a massacre
Official religion and ideology in the Dominican Republic, 1492–1962
part |119 pages
The wider context