http://www.metafilter.com/tags/theologies Posts tagged with 'theologies' at MetaFilter. Fri, 02 Jan 2004 08:05:27 -0800 Fri, 02 Jan 2004 08:05:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/30504/Vodou <a href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vodou/">Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou.</a> 'Vodou is Haiti's mirror. Its arts and rituals reflect the difficult, brilliant history of seven million people, whose ancestors were brought from Africa to the Caribbean in bondage. In 1791 these Africans began the only successful national slave revolt in history. In 1804 they succeeded in creating the world's first Black republic: the only one in this hemisphere where all the citizens were free. Their success inspired admiration, fear and scorn in the wider world. Cut off from Euro-American support, Haitians managed to created their own dynamic "Creole" society-one rooted in Africa but responsive to all that was encountered in their new island home.' History, <a href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vodou/spirits.html">theology</a> and <a href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vodou/tools.html">religious art.</a><br>Related :- <a href="http://www.bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/rhodges/html/QandD.html">an essay on the Vodou concept of soul</a>, <a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/vao/index.htm">Voodoos and Obeahs</a> on sacred-texts ('required reading if you want to understand the background of Haitian and Jamaican Vodun, and the profound influence of imperialism, slavery and racism on its development'). tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.30504 Fri, 02 Jan 2004 08:05:27 -0800 africa caribbean creoles haiti haitians imperialism jamaica jamaicans obeahs racism religions religiousart sacredarts sacredtexts slaverevolts slavery slaves theologies vodou vodun voodoo plep