Religion and Education by Gregory Brahim https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1 Colonial Religion and Educational systems are used by the Colonizers to maintain their dominance in their absence. en-us 2016-11-27 22:17:20 UTC 2025-09-29 09:49:01 UTC hello@padlet.com After Emancipation(1834) gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140056646  The Slaves were seen as free people with no one or any system in control of them.

The "white man" saw this and introduced  their religion and education systems as a way for the freed slaves to "better their lives".

Schools were associated with churches.

Subjects such as History, Literature and Geography were taught. However they were all within respect to the European background.

]]> 2016-11-27 22:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140056646 Before Emancipation gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140057442 Religion was used to provide a counter to the excessive brutality and lawlessness that was traditionally associated with Caribbean frontier societies from the 16th century onward.

The slaves did not have access to education only the children of the plantation overseers were allowed to be educated
 ]]> 2016-11-27 22:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140057442 Present Day gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140058028 Even though we gained Independence we continued to use and teach the Colonizers' morals and values through their religion and education systems.

People who practice Hinduism and Islam take part in Christian Festivals however many Christians do not take part in Hinduism and Islamic Festivals

Even though Hindu and Islamic schools have been built, many Hindus and Muslims still attend Christian based schools.

People convert to Christianity in order to gain preference to attend certain Christian based schools

Christianity is seen to be more prevalent in society than our origin religions of Hinduism and Islam.


 ]]> 2016-11-27 22:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140058028 Questionnaire gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140060013 2016-11-27 23:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140060013 Impact of Religion and Education from After Emancipation till now. gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140063198 Religion and Education were used as a form of controlling the freed slaves after emancipation. The schools were linked with churches therefor if a freed slaved wished to be educated he/she would also have to be converted from his/her religion to Christianity.

 By teaching the freed slaves about European History , Literature and Geography they created a black man with a "white man's mind" this resulted in cultural erasure.

In present day society even though there are Hindu and Islamic based schools many Hindus and Muslims prefer to send their children to Christian based schools as these schools are perceived to be better. This has also impacted upon the choice of university by a student. as the 'white man's university" is seen as superior to the local universities. Because of this many of our intelligent people leave our country and add their intelligence to the Colonizers countries.

Christian based festivals such as Christmas are celebrated by almost every religion however the majority of Christians only take part in their own festivals and none by any other religions. This results in Christian based festivals gaining a lot of attention by everyone and can lead to cultural erasure of some people of other religions.

Because many of the Christian based schools are seen as inferior to other schools, many people convert their children to Christianity in order to increase their chances of getting into these schools. By doing this it will decrease the amount of people practicing another religion than Christianity.

Because the Christianity is practiced by such a large amount of the population it has made it seem as it is the superior religion and causes some people to convert from their religion to it.

Many of schools whether they may be Christian based or not, they use many none local books to teach literature. And this has given us the idea that these none local authors are better than our local authors.]]> 2016-11-28 00:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140063198 School and Church Built as a unified teaching gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140063289 2016-11-28 00:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140063289 Discussion of Results gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140064309 From the results from the questionnaire it is clear that Christianity has become a dominant religion in the Caribbean. With almost everyone taking part in Christian celebrations. 

It also seems like the Christian schools that the Colonizers built are stereotyped as the more prestigious schools. 
 ]]> 2016-11-28 00:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140064309 Hypothesis gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140074197 The Colonizers used Religion and Education to maintain dominance in their absence.]]> 2016-11-28 02:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140074197 Reflection gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140082769 Over the past 12 weeks this course has widened my perspective and built on my previous knowledge of Caribbean history. The teaching method of Dr. Campbell made the course a delight to study as he was both informative and entertaining.]]> 2016-11-28 04:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140082769 Population in 1851 with respect to Religion gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140211779 From the Tables below we can see that After emancipation many of the locals were converted to Christianity, this means that they had given up their backgrounds and heritage to adopt the Colonizers morals and values through the religion. Thus they accepted the Europeans mind set and became a "black man" with a "white man's mind"]]> 2016-11-28 15:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140211779 Religions that existed before and after the introduction of Colonial religions gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140279949 Before                                                               After
Orisha                                                              Presbyterian
Shouta Baptist                                               Roman Catholic
Spiritual Baptism                                           Anglican                                 
Rastafarianism                                              Pentecostal
Hinduism                                                        Baptist
Islamism                                                         Wesleyans 
                                                                          
]]> 2016-11-28 18:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140279949 gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140284324 2016-11-28 18:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140284324 Bibliography gregory_b123 https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140290920 Ana Romero, "Missionaries in Jamaica During Emancipation"
http://scholar.library.miami.edu/emancipation/whites2.htm

Jeniffer Mohammed, "Caribbean Studies for CAPE Examinations" 2007

Nandeed James, Seretta Singh " THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO " ]]> 2016-11-28 18:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gregory_b123/pl2gmjvjpzl1/wish/140290920