Religion in America #4: “America's Religions,” Ch. 2, African Background to New World Religions
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In this lecture/discussion video from my Spring 2014 Religion in America class at Marist college, we begin to discuss the textbook for the class (America's Religions: From Their Origins to the Twenty-first Century 3rd. ed., by Peter Williams), focusing on Chapter 2, "The African Background of New World Religions" We discuss in particular the forced immigration from Africa (especially West Africa) to the Americas, how different dynamics affected the capacities of African slaves to continue practicing indigenous religions of Africa in the Americas, and the forms that these new religions -- including Santeria, Candomble, Vodun, Shango, and others -- took...... ![[African Culture & Spirituality Vodun Voodoo] African Naming Ceremony for a baby in Benin/WestAfrica](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jwrLatTX5-o/maxresdefault.jpg "[African Culture & Spirituality Vodun Voodoo] African Naming Ceremony for a baby in Benin/WestAfrica")
[African Culture & Spirituality Vodun Voodoo] An African Naming Ceremony for a baby in Benin/West Africa An African Naming ceremony is a moment of rejoicing for the family but its also a moment to welcome the baby into the family and is accompanied by spiritual rituals ordered for the welfare of the baby. In general, every individual is identified by a name to be called. In African culture, it's the same thing, but there is also a Traditional Naming Ceremony. The baby has its public name, but this name is not a random name, it's a spiritual name very significant...... 
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In which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans and colonists in the Americas arrived at the idea that people could own other people based on skin color. Slavery has existed as long as humans have had civilization, but the Atlantic Slave Trade was the height, or depth, of dehumanizing, brutal, chattel slavery. American slavery ended less than 150 years ago. In some parts of the world, it is still going on. So how do we reconcile...... 
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