| 词汇 | vodun |
| 释义 | Vodun noun[ U ] (alsovodun)uk /ˈvəʊ.duːn/ us /ˈvoʊ.duːn/ a West African religion that involves the worship of the spirits of nature and of dead people. Its beliefs form part of the voodoo religion that is common in parts of the Caribbean, especially Haiti, and in parts of the southern United States: 伏都教，巫毒教（西非、加勒比地区，尤其是海地及美国南部地区的一种土著教，信奉自然神灵和死者的灵魂） The western world has often promoted negative images of Vodun.西方世界经常宣扬伏都教的负面形象。 Voodoo is a mix of West African Vodun and European Christianity. Compare voodoo The word "voodoo" is a corruption of the word '"vodun" meaning "god" or "spirit" in the West African Fon language. Missionaries came to Africa to convert the young away from Vodun so that it was easier for the Europeans to colonize. Figures published by the Office of National Statistics show that spiritualism and paganism is thriving, and that beliefs range from vodun (voodoo) to the Native American Church. Religions & religious groups Abrahamic African Methodist Episcopal Church AME anti-Catholicism anti-Christianity evangelicalism faith-based Free Church Gnosticism multi-religious neo-paganism non-established paganism Pentecostalism Sufism Sunni super-church Taoism Taoist the God squad |
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