Adherents.com (http://www.adherents.com/)
"Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics
and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent
statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations,
religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns,
etc... Data [is presented] from both primary research sources such as government
census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as
well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics." Database
is searchable by the name of the religion (denomination, sect) or by location.
L'Internet au Bénin et en Afrique (http://www.iafric.net/benin/)
In French. Websites from Benin on all subjects.
TRADITIONAL RELIGION
IN AFRICA: The Vodun phenomenon in Benin (http://afrikaworld.net/afrel/zinzindohoue.htm)
Discusses the origin of the gods in Vodoun/Vodun Religion of the people of South
Benin.
Vodoun: The World's Oldest Spiritual
Tradition (http://www.MamiWata.com/Vodoun.html)
Religious practices of enslaved Africans in Southern United States.
West African Dahomean Vodoun (http://www.mamiwata.com/index1.html)
Site features both Dahomean Vodoun and Mami Wata traditions of West Africa, with
articles on these and other African Traditional Religions in Benin, Togo and
Ghana: bibliography; links to related pages. |