Laënnec Hurbon | |
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Born | 1940 (age 83–84) |
Nationality | Haitian |
Alma mater | Institut Catholique de Paris, Sorbonne University |
Occupation | Sociologist of religion [1] |
Notable work | Voodoo: Truth and Fantasy |
Laënnec Hurbon (sometimes anglicised as Laennec Hurbon; born 1940) is a Haitian sociologist and writer specialising in the relationships between religion, culture and politics in the Caribbean region. [2] He is also a Catholic theologian and ex-priest turned researcher and writer. [3] [4]
Hurbon was born in Jacmel, a commune in southern Haiti. He is Doctor of Theology ( Institut Catholique de Paris) and Sociology ( Sorbonne University), [5] director of research at CNRS and professor at the Quisqueya University in Port-au-Prince, of which he is one of the founding members. [6] Today he focuses on the relationships between religion, culture and politics in the Caribbean region and has written many books on Haitian Vodou. [6]
His notable publications are the Dieu dans le Vaudou haïtien (1972) and Le Barbare imaginaire (1987), which have been described as "two classics" of the author; and the "small 'big book'" – Les mystères du vaudou (1993; US ed. – Voodoo: Search for the Spirit), [7] which is a heavily illustrated pocket book from Éditions Gallimard's " Découvertes" collection. He also edited a collective work entitled Catastrophes et environnement : Haïti, séisme du 12 janvier 2010 (2014). [8]
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