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Article: The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti.
- Article from:
- Sociology of Religion
- Article date:
- December 22, 1993
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Vodou is no doubt one of the most misunderstood folk religions. Hollywood film makers in feature-length films, such as "The Believers" (1987), "The Serpent and the Rainbow" (1988), and in a string of cult classic "Living Dead" films since the 1950s, have given the American public and the world a lurid vision of Vodou. Vodou has become synonymous with a world overrun by Zombies, persons declared legally dead but who come back to life to wander dazedly and to commit sinister deeds. Desmangles, a professor of religion and area studies, provides a different vision in Faces of the Gods. He shows that Vodou is a folk religion that sprang up in Haiti out of the oppression of ...
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Article: VODOU RELIGION NOT VOODOO OF YORE, NEW EXHIBIT ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
October 20, 1996 ;
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... ... Service MIAMI -- It's not voodoo, but Vodou. It's not black magic, but a vibrant ... help with everyday problems. In Haiti, Vodou is something very different from the scary ... South Floridians will get a taste of Vodou at exhibitions at the Center for the Fine ...
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