Definitions
The African Divination System
What is Ifa
This prompts the change to another spiritual state; a transition back to the spirit world
What is Death
In Indigenous African Religious beliefs on the afterlife this is not present
What is a belief in reward/punishment in the afterlife
Native American religious doctrine of balance between the natural & spiritual world is affirmed by
What is the emphasis of interrelation of all things through their common spiritual energy
ALSO
Maintaining balance of these two things are human's responsibilities
This event caused tremendous rupture and loss in the political, social, & spiritual lives of the Africans; however indigenous African religions were still practiced
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade (1525-1866)
When humans are at the center if reality in relations to African religions
What is African Anthropocentricism
The Native American Mythic Maternal Ancestor
What is Changing Woman
Most African religions are considered this based upon their belief that the creation of the universe revolves around humans
What is Anthropocentric or Human-centered
These are characterized by containing essential teachings that are ritualized, sacred knowledge about the world, and the bearers of this are highly respected/revered.
What are Mythic Narratives
This was enacted in 1978 as a US law to guarantee religious freedom to Native Americans
What is The American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978)
This means "Individuals-in-community"
What is Ubuntu
African Yoruba Lesser Entities
What is Orisa
Due to Christianity, Islam, and traditional African religions comprised a set of broad practices that contributed to the development of subtle belief systems that circulated around this
What is African Diaspora
These are another word for tribal Native Americans
What are; Aboriginal American, American Indian, First Nation peoples, and Amerindian
Both Native Americans & Indigenous African religions have done this in order to prevent becoming relics of the past.
What is practice Modernization
Syncretism is synonymous with this
What is Religious Amalgamation
This spirit is considered a character of lawlessness, male, a supreme boundary crosser associated with coyotes, rabbits, & ravens
What is a Trickster
This is believed about the spirts of the dead
What is spirits of the dead are effective intermediaries between a High God & Humans
ALSO
Spirits of the dead are in a quasi-physical sense
They are not subject to physical law; spoken in anthropomorphic ways
Native Americans do not have this but rather essential teachings revealed in mythic teachings
What is a creed or statement of belief
This was done to both Native American & Indigenous African Religions in attempt to have them "integrated into society" so to speak
What is Cultural Assimilation
Mitakuye Oyasin
What is "All My Relations"
This Native American believed this ritual promoted the complementary nature between space & time; heightened awareness on the spirit world, and emphasized the interconnectedness between the hum and spirit world
What is the Sun Dance Festival
African Religions have not died off rather they have moved in stride with this phenomenon
What is Modernization
This person was a Christian-Lakota leader
Who is Black Elk
This Ritual was started by the American Indians as a way to fight cultural assimilation and to celebrate their beliefs
What is the Ghost Dance