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#108: Yoruba religion and Voodoo: Bellegarde-Smith comments
Note from Corbett: Originally I sent this note from Perrault
directly to Bellegarde-Smith. However, given the reply, which Patrick
generously shared with me, I thought the whole exchange should go to the
list. So, I've re-arranged this to put Perrault's note first and
Bellegarde-Smith's reply second.
> From: ange perrault
<Ange.Perrault@mail.tju.edu> > To: bcorbett@netcom.com
> Subject: Re: #92: Conference on Yoruba religion
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> >From: P D Bellegarde-Smith <pbs@csd.uwm.edu>
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> >Please advertize. The Yoruba religion is a part of Haitian Vodun.
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> I Think I need more information,
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> Isn't Vodun part of the IBO and not YORUBA?
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> Is Vodun part of Yoruba or Yoruba part of Vodun?
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> A. R. Perrault, PhD
> ange.perrault@mail.tju.edu
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From: P D Bellegarde-Smith <pbs@csd.uwm.edu>
Vodun is first and foremost a SYNCRETIC religion,
meaning largely a mix of Fon and Yoruba and Bakongo elements. There is
little syncretism between Christianity and Vodun, except most
superficially. I am talking theology here. Most scholars -- they are
anthropologists and ethnographers and ethnologists-- will beg to differ.
Theologians have been slow to engage the discourse. Some are doing so
now, and shall be published as time goes by. Hope this helps.
P. Bellegarde-Smith, PhD
Department of Africology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee