Crucial Issues in Caribbean Religions concentrates on the effects of intersections in the Caribbean of major world religions such as Christianity both Catholicism and Protestantism Judaism Islam and Hinduism with indigenous religions such as Caribs and Arawaks and Africanderived religions such as Lucumi YorubaSanteriaRegla de Ocha Regla de Palo Vodun Obeah Rastafari Orisa or Shango in Trinidad. Closely examined are the social and economic problems and issues of exile slavery oppression racism sexism ethnocentrism cultural dominance religious diversity syncretism popular religiosity religious and spiritual imperialism continuity and change survival techniques in the face of attempts at eradication by religious powers interreligious dialogue and the quest for universal spirituality.