I have written a good bit recently about the intense religious responses to the Haiti earthquake, as congregations regroup in…
Haiti and the unseen world
Religion and natural disaster in Haiti
A collection of essays focusing on religious life in Haiti, with particular emphasis on how religion and spirituality weave a narrative in the post-earthquake crisis.
Haiti’s pact with the devil? (Some Haitians believe this too)
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Leogane, and other parts of Haiti. The day after this catastrophe,…
Disaster, religion, and resilience
Most of us seem to know intuitively that resilience matters for post-disaster recovery, yet we also know that Haiti desperately…
So close and yet so far
“The sound rose up and spread across the rooftops of the old city, a deep, guttural, Biblical sound---the sound of…
What is a metaphor a metaphor for?
Haiti has always suffered from a plight of representation: “Black France” for Jules Michelet, “a tropical dog-kennel” for Thomas Carlyle,…