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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Published in:Journal of religion in Africa
Main Author: Falen, Douglas J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2016, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 453-483
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Benin / Wodu / Hexenglaube / Synkretismus
IxTheo 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
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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