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In the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway, the Sami religion was banned on pain of death as witchcraft. During the 17th-century, the persecution of the followers of Sami religion were more intensely persecuted than before by Christian missionaries, and several Sami were persecuted for sorcery because they practiced the Sami religion. [2]
Traditional Sámi spiritual practices and beliefs are based on a type of animism, polytheism, and what anthropologists may consider shamanism. The religious traditions can vary considerably from region to region within Sápmi .
Coe College was founded in 1851 by Rev. Williston Jones as the "School for the Prophets". [4] [5] While canvassing churches in the East to raise money for students to attend Eastern seminaries, Jones met a farmer named Daniel Coe, who donated $1,500 and encouraged Jones to open a college in Cedar Rapids.
St. Anthony's Church and School is a Romanesque Revival style church and an accompanying school at 514 West Main Street and 103 North 6th Street in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha.
When a larger local mosque, the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids, was built in 1971, the building was sold. Successive owners over the next 20 years allowed it to fall into disrepair. [3] The mosque seen from the northwest. In 1991, the Islamic Council of Iowa purchased the building, refurbished it and restored its status as a Muslim cultural center.
The Sami were forcibly converted to Christianity and shamanistic practices forbidden. [1] Sami spirituality brings unearthliness—the spiritual world—to the Sami. The shaman is the intermediary between this world and the spiritual. Some Sami shamans have Noaidi drums, and at least one such drum with a Mano Moon symbol has been discovered. [3]
Mount Mercy University is a private Catholic university in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1928.. Students take a core of liberal arts courses as a foundation for areas of study including English, fine arts, history, mathematics, multicultural studies, natural science, philosophy, theology [2] and social science. [3]
The Oheb Zedek Cedar Sinai Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 23749 Cedar Road, in Lyndhurst, an eastern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. The congregation was formed in 2012, through a merger of two congregations dating from 1887.