Vodun
noun[U]
(alsovodun)uk/ˈvəʊ.duːn/us/ˈvoʊ.duːn/aWestAfricanreligionthatinvolvestheworshipof thespiritsofnatureand ofdeadpeople. Itsbeliefsformpartof thevoodooreligionthat iscommoninpartsof theCaribbean,especiallyHaiti, and inpartsof thesouthernUnitedStates:
Thewesternworldhas oftenpromotednegativeimagesof Vodun.
Voodoois amixofWestAfricanVodun andEuropeanChristianity.
Compare
voodoo
- The word "voodoo" is acorruptionof the word '"vodun"meaning"god" or "spirit" in theWestAfricanFonlanguage.
- Missionaries came toAfricatoconverttheyoungaway from Vodun so that it waseasierfor the Europeans tocolonize.
- Figurespublishedby theOfficeofNationalStatistics show thatspiritualismandpaganismisthriving, and thatbeliefsrangefrom vodun (voodoo) to theNativeAmericanChurch.
Religions & religious groups
- Abrahamic
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- AME
- anti-Catholicism
- anti-Christianity
- established
- evangelicalism
- faith-based
- Free Church
- multi-religious
- neo-paganism
- non-established
- paganism
- Pentecostalism
- Sikhism
- Sufic
- Sufism
- Sunni
- super-church
- the Episcopal Church