African religion

Zimbabwe police rescue 251 children used as labor and find graves in religious sect compound raid

By Farai Mutsaka — March 14, 2024
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Apostolic groups that infuse traditional beliefs into a Pentecostal doctrine are popular in the deeply religious southern African country.

5 faith moments to watch for in Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’

By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 4, 2020
(RNS) — Spirituality has been part of Beyoncé’s journey, from singing ‘Amazing Grace’ and a gospel medley on albums with Destiny’s Child to embodying the divine feminine from a number of religious traditions in her recent visual albums and appearances.

A tribute to Mwalimu John Mbiti, patriarch of African philosophy and religion studies

By Jacob K. Olupona — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — The professor's research and scholarship shaped the academic study of African religion as we have come to know it today. The world is truly poorer with him gone.

A tribute to Mwalimu John Mbiti, patriarch of African philosophy and religion studies

By Jacob K. Olupona — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — The professor's research and scholarship shaped the academic study of African religion as we have come to know it today. The world is truly poorer with him gone.

Voodoo sacrifices on national holiday in Benin

By Reuters — January 10, 2016
Hundreds of followers of the traditional religion gathered in Ouidah, once an important port in the slave trade, to pray for calm during the tiny country's presidential election next month.
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