Vodún, Spiritual Insecurity, and Religious Importation in Benin
The Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey) is known as the African source of New World Vodou and Voodoo, but the country’s religious landscape is best characterized by religious importation. Since precolonial times Beninois Vodún has exhibited ongoing amalgamation of deities introduced from neighborin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2016, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 453-483 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Benin
/ Voodooism
/ Belief in witches
/ Syncretism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations BS Traditional African religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Benin
religion
Voodoo
Vodún
witchcraft
globalization
syncretism
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