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Prayer cloths are white church cloths imbued with spiritual power from a pastor of a church. A pastor prays over the cloth speaking the power of God into the cloth with prayer and anointing of Holy Oil and functions like a mojo bag. Church members take prayer cloths with them in their purses or placed under their beds for protection.
African American women made quilts incorporating the Bakongo cosmogram and West African crosses. [172] For example, an African American woman named Harriet Powers made quilts using Bakongo and other West African symbols. On one of Harriet Powers' quilts was a cross with four suns showing Bakongo influence, quilting the Kongo cosmogram onto her ...
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse is a 1927 book of poems by James Weldon Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory. African-American scholars Henry Louis Gates and Cornel West have identified the collection as one of Johnson's two most notable works, the other being Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. [1]
Kwanzaa is an annual week-long celebration of African and African American culture, honoring pan-African culture, community and families, and their respective contributions to the world at large ...
This naming convention is found in mid-20th-century books such as How To Conduct a Candle Light Service by Mikhail Strabo and Rev. Adele Clemens of Divine Harmony Spiritual Church. [4] It is also notable in the names of Christian Spiritualist denominations within the Spiritual Church Movement, such as:
It also covers spirits as well as deities found within the African religions—which is mostly derived from traditional African religions. Additionally, prominent mythic figures including heroes and legendary creatures may also be included in this list. [1] [2] [3
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Some features of Catholicism make up part of Haitian Vodou such as Bible readings, prayer recitations, and candle usage. [7] The oungan has full control and a central role in ceremonies [7] each oungan or manbo having an original take on the style of ritual performed. [10] They serve as the middlemen between followers of Vodou and lwa.