Introduction : Caribbean crossroads : historical and theoretical considerations -- Amerindians and Spanish Catholics in contact -- Early colonial Catholicism -- For God and nation : Protestantism in the colonial Caribbean -- Creole African traditions : Santería, Palo Monte, Abakuá, Vodou, and Espiritismo -- Afro-Christian faiths : Revival Zion and Spiritual Baptists -- Mainline and sideline : post-independence mainline Protestantism and Pentecostalism -- Migration and revitalization : Hinduism, Islam, and Rastafarianism -- Legitimation, indigenization, and contextualization -- Conclusion.