Reviews
"[McNeal's] field work and findings are crucial to understanding how the marginalised and the working-class in this country seek solace and relief in the divine, and should be studied closely by local scholars and politicians alike."
--The Trinidadian Guardian
"McNeal's richly detailed and always sympathetic study should help us to see how complex and fascinating our cultural and religious scene really is."
--Trinidad Express Newspaper
"Drawing on a range of research from many disciplines, McNeal offers a rich library resource and must read for scholars studying Caribbean religions in T&T."
--CHOICE
"A profound psychological analysis of trance as well as a sociological analysis of the nature of these so-called trance religions in Trinidad and Tobago...persuasively shows that both movements contain some interesting parallels and have more mutual contacts than most people probably expect."
--Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
“This fine comparative ethnography serves both as a close empirical description of what is happening ‘on the ground’ in Trinidad and Tobago and as a productive analytical exercise on contrasting politicizations of religions in relation to political campaigns, law, and institution building.”
--New West Indian Guide