Desmangles, Leslie G. — The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti (1992) Source Information

Desmangles, Leslie G. — The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti (1992) Source Information Author: Leslie G. Desmangles Full Title: The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Year: 1992 Type: Secondary Source — Vodou theology, Catholic-Vodou symbiosis, cosmology, and lwa taxonomy Location in Vault: research/secondary-sources/ Full Text: desmangles faces gods.txt Status Text extracted: Yes — desmangles faces gods.txt Review pass: Completed (2026-03-27) — Vodou theology pass focused on symbiosis, nanchon, soul concepts, possession, and sacred geography Chapter notes: desmangles faces gods ch notes Graph review in this pass: Created gwo bon anj, ti bon anj, and vilokan; strengthened vodou, possession, vodou practice, and vodou nanchon system desmangles Overview Desmangles is one of the clearest theological sources in the vault for explaining Vodou without reducing it either to exotic spectacle or to a simple camouflage for Catholicism.