"Yoruba does not center on sin or heaven-and-hell judgment, but on consequences and alignment in this life. It is practiced through prayer, offerings, altars, music, and ritual. It also understands death mainly as joining the ancestors rather than a final judgment, and generally do"
About one-third of Americans qualify as Christian nationalism adherents or sympathizers, and many Black queer people seek spiritual traditions that do not treat queerness as sinful. Yoruba religion, rooted in present-day Nigeria and West Africa, predates Christianity, Islam, and European colonization in Africa. Yoruba spirituality emphasizes developing Iwa Pele (good character) to live in harmony with the divine and align with destiny and spiritual balance through devotion to Orishas, ancestor reverence, ritual, and ethical teachings. Yoruba practice also provides racial and cultural belonging through home and community spaces, including shops selling items used for offerings. Ifá divination interprets Odu Ifá, a 256-volume body of verses covering history, cosmology, and philosophy. Yoruba spirituality focuses on consequences and alignment in this life rather than sin or heaven-and-hell judgment, and it views death as joining ancestors.
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