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Zora Hurston's Beliefs, Mrs.Turner in Chapter 16, Scriptural Allusions…
Zora Hurston's Beliefs
Christianity
God is a judging, distant figure
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Voodoism
While seeming superstitious to most Westerners, actually highly sophisticated and more rational than Western culture
She studied how people worshipped the lwa with blood sacrifices and belief that gods could be absurdly cruel #
Ezili Freda, the goddess of love in Hatian Voodoo tradition, embodies the aristocratic airs of mixed-race and desire for status and wealth #
Folk Religion
Infected by white beliefs #
Mrs.Turner in Chapter 16
“Once having set up her idols and built altars to them it was inevitable that she would worship there” (145) #
“Through the most indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom” (145) #
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“Behind her crude words was a belief that somehow she and others through worship could attain her paradise–a heaven of straighthaired, thin-lipped, high-nose boned white seraphs” (145) #
“It was distressing to emerge from her inner temple and find these black desecrators howling with laughter before the door” (145) #
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Scriptural Allusions
“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces.” (Ezekiel 14:3)
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” (Proverbs 9:10)
“Then the people answered, ‘Far be it from us to forsake the Lord our God himself who brought us out of the land of Egypt, from the land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.” (Joshua 24:16)
“Seraphim were standing above Him, each having six wings: with two each covered his face, and with two each flew.” (Isaiah 6:2)
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