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RS 210: Study Guide Exam 1

Core features of Native American religions

Crisis cult movements- desperate attempts to reclaim autonomy from colonial powers:

usually results in massacre and continued oppression

Four predominant categories of Native American religions:

Tribal Traditions: Wholistic, non-compartmentalized approach to life, the world is

sacred, oral traditions

Native American Christianity: Blend of native American traditions and Christianity

New Religious Forms: Desperate attempts to reclaim autonomy from colonial powers

Indian Spirituality: very vague, non-western way of spirituality

Mircea Eliade- famous religious scholar

Ghost Dance movement- massacre where Indians died

Kachinas- perform rituals in the village, weird spirit creatures. These are actually your

relatives dressed up.

Kinaalda Ceremony- celebrates women’s first period, transition into womanhood

Kiva-room used for religious rituals

Myth- Sacred story used frequently in religion

Matrilineal/Patrilineal-based off mother’s or father’s kinship

Oral traditions- basis for Native American tribal religions

Orientation- orientation to life based on Mircea Eliade theories

Paha Sapa- native name for The Black Hills: sacred area for some tribes who have to pay

to go pray there because the land was taken from them

Peyote-small cactus, ingested to achieve trance state (hallucinations)

Peyote Road Chief-leader of the peyote meetings in charge of overseeing the meeting and

leading others on the Peyote Road

Qasgiq-men’s house of discussion

Rites of passage- affect changes in social status, death, birth, marriage

Ritual- really makes a change

Sacred center or axis mundi- the center of prayer

Shaman- medicine men or women: religious specialist who travels to the religious world

to answer questions for the tribe.

Sun Dance- people hanging by cords pushed through their pec muscles and they hang and

pray until the cords rip out. Done for an important reason!

Sweat lodges- purification ceremony, done before any other major ceremony. Get’s

negativity out.

Trust Doctrine- the principle that the government has a duty to keep its word and fulfil its

treaty.

Vision quest- boy becomes a man. Time in life when you need guidance! Wait for a

vision.

Core features of African American spirituality

African Baptist Church- had a rough start because these were in the south

African Episcopal Church- split from a white church in the north, they were from the

south 1794

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African Methodist Episcopal Church- split from regular Methodist church, founded 1816

Church of God in Christ- fastest growing African-American denomination, only one not

originally white

Anti-slavery codes in gospels- Hid their meaning in gospel music. Goin’ over Jordan

meaning escape.

Exodus- story from the bible that inspired the slaves because Moses saved the slaves

Four types of African American churches:

Pastoral-oldest, believe most white Americans don’t like racism, primary focus

was spiritual, moral comfort. Communal ministry was intact.

Prophetic-more political. Primary focus is social ministry and protest activity.

Political-active in politics. Organize voter registration, serve as community

centers.

Nationalistic- believe America is incurably racist. Separatist, follow black

theology, foreground racial identity over all else.

Hispanic Religions

Bembe-central public ceremony of Santeria with singing, dancing, and drumming.

Botanicas- old healing practices shops

Camino de orula- path of knowledge, only for men

Camino de santo- path of spirit

Candomble- brazil based religion

Santeria- African based religion

Voodoo-Haiti based religion

Encomiendas- system of servitude or forced labor to the conquistadores

Ile- “family” relationships, the Diego household

Juan Diego- discovered the virgin, first indigenous saint

Lucumi- Way of the Saints religion based in Cuba

Kariocha- Initiation or seating of Orishas, very private

Madrina-Godmother

Padrino-Godfather

Orishas- spirits

Posadas- pilgrimages performed Dec 16 for nine evenings until Christmas eve

Requerimiento - demand given to native to acknowledge and submit to God,

conquistadores free to take action against them if they don’t understand

Revolutionaries:

Macandal- tortured burned at stake

Boukman- led ceremony that sparked Haiti slave revolution

Santeras- priestess

Santeros- priest

Syncretism-blending of two or more religious belief systems

Virgin of Guadelupe- Aztec mother earth, revealed four times on the hill Tepeyac

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RS 210: Study Guide Exam 1 Core features of Native American religions Crisis cult movements- desperate attempts to reclaim autonomy from colonial powers: usually results in massacre and continued oppression Four predominant categories of Native American religions: Tribal Traditions: Wholistic, non-compartmentalized approach to life, the world is sacred, oral traditions Native American Christianity: Blend of native American traditions and Christianity New Religious Forms: Desperate attempts to reclaim autonomy from colonial powers Indian Spirituality: very vague, non-western way of spirituality Mircea Eliade- famous religious scholar Ghost Dance movement- massacre where Indians died Kachinas- perform rituals in the village, weird spirit creatures. These are actually your relatives dressed up. Kinaalda Ceremony- celebrates women’s first period, transition into womanhood Kiva-room used ...
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