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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > religious traditions and groups > Candomblé
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of religion > global religion > religious traditions and groups > Candomblé

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Candomblé  

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  • Candomblé is a Brazilian version of West African religions as they were remembered and reconstructed under the new conditions of a 19th-century Catholic slave colony. It is one of a family of religions now sometimes classified under a global rubric as “Religions of the African Diaspora,” alongside Cuban Santería, Haitian Vodou, and others. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Candomblé]

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