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Vodun in Coastal Benin: Unfinished, Open-Ended, Global

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Divinity Atlas. "Vodun in Coastal Benin: Unfinished, Open-Ended, Global." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/vodun-in-coastal-benin-unfinished-open-ended-global.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Vodun in Coastal Benin: Unfinished, Open-Ended, Global. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/vodun-in-coastal-benin-unfinished-open-ended-global

BibTeX

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  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Vodun in Coastal Benin: Unfinished, Open-Ended, Global},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/vodun-in-coastal-benin-unfinished-open-ended-global},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Dana Rush is an art historian, and this academic book, published by Vanderbilt University Press, studies Vodun religious practice on the coast of Benin through its material and visual culture, based on Rush's own extended fieldwork with practitioners and artists in the region. Its strength is direct, sustained engagement with the specific communities and material practices Rush studied, treating Vodun as an actively evolving, globally connected tradition rather than a fixed traditional survival. Its limit is that it focuses on the particular coastal Beninese communities Rush worked with, and Vodun and related traditions vary considerably across West Africa and its diaspora, so a claim about Vodun practice elsewhere needs a source focused on that specific region instead.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Dana Rush's scholarly study of Vodun as practised in Benin and Togo today, including its 1996 state recognition and the 10 January national day; cited for the tradition's present form and public institutions, not for anything held within initiation.

Notes

On Vodun as practised in Benin and Togo today, including the 1996 state recognition and the 10 January national day. Cited for the tradition's present form and public institutions, not for anything held within initiation.

Citation

Author

Dana Rush

Publisher

Vanderbilt University Press

Publication Year

2013

Source Type

academic monograph

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Africa

This source names Africa directly: "vary considerably across West Africa and its diaspora, so a claim about Vodun practice elsewhere needs a source focused on that specific region instead."

Source Vodun in Coastal Benin: Unfinished, Open-Ended, GlobalDana Rush

Benin

This source names Benin directly: "religious practice on the coast of Benin through its material and visual culture, based on Rush's own extended fieldwork with practitioners and artists in the region."

Source Vodun in Coastal Benin: Unfinished, Open-Ended, GlobalDana Rush

Claims Backed By This Source (73 claims)

This source backs 73 claims across the atlas. As facts: 45 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds, 4 connected. Plus 18 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.