Religious Encounters in Togo: Vodun and the Roman Catholic Church
The article discusses the struggle between vodun priests and Roman Catholic missionaries in Togo during the first decades of the twentieth century. I analyze several cases that involved the two traditions and follow the tensions aroused by a new vodun called Goro. Assuming that the Catholic religion...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2022
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Togo
/ Catholic church
/ Mission (international law
/ Voodooism
/ Colonialism
/ History 1921-1945
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| IxTheo Classification: | BS Traditional African religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDB Roman Catholic Church RH Evangelization; Christian media RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Cessou
B Roman Catholic Mission B Togo B gorovodu B Vodun |
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