REL-2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Yemoja, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Intellectualism
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Islam very common across northern africa: christian presence in ethiopia and egypt. Desert mothers and fathers: extremely diverse local traditions. A distant (cid:862)high god(cid:863) (cid:894) ky god; creator(cid:895), a(cid:374)d (cid:374)u(cid:373)erous lesser spirits (deities; ancestors; nature spirits) West african spirits: ashanti: abosom, fon: vodun. West african practice: spirit exchange and communication, ecstatic drumming and dance, material culture helping to mediate relationships with the divine (religious sculpture, reverence for ancestors. West african tradition: the (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of a (cid:862)high god(cid:863) easily tra(cid:374)slated to a christia(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of the. Father creator god: mediating spirits likewise translated into the vocabulary of saints, christ, angels, or ancestors, catholic, afro-caribbean traditions have especially maintained tradition african religious forms. Conjure or hoodoo: common across the southern united states. Focus on the bible as well as the 6th and 7th books of moses: mojo hands, brick dust, graveyard dirt (goofer), hellhounds, crossroad pacts, hoodoo imagery and story-telling has always been a central part of american.
