Religions of the African Diaspora: Crash Course Religions #11
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Date: 2024-11-25
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Some other facts: there’s Louisiana Voodoo, and Hoodoo/Rootwork/Conjure developed in the southern US. The spiritualities always venerate their ancestors (one way is with an ancestor worship table where they interact with their passed on loved ones at least once a week. Also, according to Santeria and Vudu, everyone has an Orisha or Lwa assigned to them at birth. When getting initiated, it is sometimes called being crowned.
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Some other facts: there’s Louisiana Voodoo, and Hoodoo/Rootwork/Conjure developed in the southern US. The spiritualities always venerate their ancestors (one way is with an ancestor worship table where they interact with their passed on loved ones at least once a week. Also, according to Santeria and Vudu, everyone has an Orisha or Lwa assigned to them at birth. When getting initiated, it is sometimes called being crowned.
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unicorntamer2207
This is where my community college class is taking a different direction. We have three weeks left in the semester. We're talking about new age religions, atheist, agnostics, and then wrapping up with a final essay reflecting on what we've learned in the class. But we were going in the same direction as this crash course series for a very long time. I've been enjoying everything so far.
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This is where my community college class is taking a different direction. We have three weeks left in the semester. We're talking about new age religions, atheist, agnostics, and then wrapping up with a final essay reflecting on what we've learned in the class. But we were going in the same direction as this crash course series for a very long time. I've been enjoying everything so far.
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aeroscorpian
While Pizza John isn't a religion, I do feel an argument could be made that Pizza John is a symbol to Pizzamas, and that Pizzamas could be seen as a movement with great importance that a large group of people believe does good for humanity. Does that make Pizzamas a religion, and therefore Pizza John a religious symbol
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While Pizza John isn't a religion, I do feel an argument could be made that Pizza John is a symbol to Pizzamas, and that Pizzamas could be seen as a movement with great importance that a large group of people believe does good for humanity. Does that make Pizzamas a religion, and therefore Pizza John a religious symbol
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oddaceisodd.
I would just like to say I love John’s phrasing when he talks about religious traditions. He doesn’t say these people believed that. he says it as it is, they welcomed their ancestors with song and dance. I like how he phrases things in the way the people practicing these things would say it.
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I would just like to say I love John’s phrasing when he talks about religious traditions. He doesn’t say these people believed that. he says it as it is, they welcomed their ancestors with song and dance. I like how he phrases things in the way the people practicing these things would say it.
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noble_sword64
Great episode! I think African culture and religion doesn’t feature frequently enough in media, so I learned a lot of new stuff today. Really hope to see a series on African history by CC in the future.
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Great episode! I think African culture and religion doesn’t feature frequently enough in media, so I learned a lot of new stuff today. Really hope to see a series on African history by CC in the future.
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OrigamiMarie
Y'know if you're gonna spend a pile of money on a coffin, why _not_ make it actually interesting and applicable to the person's life Seems kinda sad and dull that we all get such bland eternal beds.
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Y'know if you're gonna spend a pile of money on a coffin, why _not_ make it actually interesting and applicable to the person's life Seems kinda sad and dull that we all get such bland eternal beds.
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sergion2777
Yoruba is also practiced in Miami, Ocala, Tampa and lots of other parts of Florida by many Cubans. Whenever you see a botanica you know it's around. Thanks for explaining this topic! Great video John!
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Yoruba is also practiced in Miami, Ocala, Tampa and lots of other parts of Florida by many Cubans. Whenever you see a botanica you know it's around. Thanks for explaining this topic! Great video John!
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elpargo
Great episode as always. I was wondering if you left out the rastafari on purpose, and if you didn’t please add a chapter on it. It’s an amazing story and I’ll love to see John’s. Take on It.
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Great episode as always. I was wondering if you left out the rastafari on purpose, and if you didn’t please add a chapter on it. It’s an amazing story and I’ll love to see John’s. Take on It.
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NinaDmytraczenko
In Brazil there's Umbanda, a religion that is the sincretism of Yoruba, Catholicism, spiritism, and indigenous religions! Despite being a newish religion (100yo, it has 400. 000 followers
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In Brazil there's Umbanda, a religion that is the sincretism of Yoruba, Catholicism, spiritism, and indigenous religions! Despite being a newish religion (100yo, it has 400. 000 followers
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LethargicScientist
I'm amazed you mentioned spiders in the joke camera without touching on Anansi, god of stories, who is usually depicted as a spider with a human head or mask.
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I'm amazed you mentioned spiders in the joke camera without touching on Anansi, god of stories, who is usually depicted as a spider with a human head or mask.
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climbingdan
I thought a single episode about such a broad subject would be too vague and unfair to the practitioners, but it was actually just right for me and I learned a lot.
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I thought a single episode about such a broad subject would be too vague and unfair to the practitioners, but it was actually just right for me and I learned a lot.
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KennethKlein-lc2mk
On the complex issue of leaving African Traditional Religion and embracing Christianity, Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart is an excellent place to begin.
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On the complex issue of leaving African Traditional Religion and embracing Christianity, Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart is an excellent place to begin.
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dominic3797
5: 18 You can sells tshirts with your mustachio'd face on them, and thats not a religion. sounds like it's responding to an argument John has had to have before
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5: 18 You can sells tshirts with your mustachio'd face on them, and thats not a religion. sounds like it's responding to an argument John has had to have before
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kmart1396
John: We need to cross culturally blame more on spiders
Me: aggressively gesturing to West African Mythology Sir, literally Anansi who is a Trickster God
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John: We need to cross culturally blame more on spiders
Me: aggressively gesturing to West African Mythology Sir, literally Anansi who is a Trickster God
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isacami25
i imagine the last few episodes were hard to record because of the controversy. this episode must have been hard because there was so much to cover
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i imagine the last few episodes were hard to record because of the controversy. this episode must have been hard because there was so much to cover
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darrin-moto-2879
I wrote my final history seminar paper on Vodou and the Haitian Revolution. This was a pleasant surprise to pop up on my feed this morning.
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I wrote my final history seminar paper on Vodou and the Haitian Revolution. This was a pleasant surprise to pop up on my feed this morning.
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quincy9908
It's crazy to me how on how so much African religions and philosophy (minus African American kinda) is ignored in relation to the wider world.
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It's crazy to me how on how so much African religions and philosophy (minus African American kinda) is ignored in relation to the wider world.
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crash_course
Loving the series, I can imagine how stressful it must've been to cover some of these topics, but you're doing it with grace
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Loving the series, I can imagine how stressful it must've been to cover some of these topics, but you're doing it with grace
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Pookie515
Thank you so much for covering this religion in such a thoughtful and inclusive manner. Thus far the series has been excellent!
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Thank you so much for covering this religion in such a thoughtful and inclusive manner. Thus far the series has been excellent!
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crash_course
Either John or the scriptwriter got kind of punchy on this one, huh Don't get me wrong, it was fun and really interesting.
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Either John or the scriptwriter got kind of punchy on this one, huh Don't get me wrong, it was fun and really interesting.
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