The five (5) major world views to be found in the Caribbean are:
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Hindusim
Buddhism
Asians.
^While this answer is lovely, perhaps it could use some improvement. The most prominent religions in the Caribbean appear to be mainly Protestant and Roman Catholic.
However, more specific stats are listed below after being promptly stolen from the reliable CIA: The World Factbook:
Haiti: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% note:roughly half of the population practices voodoo
Puerto Rico: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%
Jamaica: Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
The Bahamas: Protestant 67.6% (Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%), Roman Catholic 13.5%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census)
Cuba: nominally Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria
note:prior to CASTRO assuming power
British Virgin Islands: Protestant 84% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, other 15%), Roman Catholic 10%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%, none 2% (1991)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Protestant 75% (Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%), Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%
Turks and Caicos Islands: Protestant 72.8% (Baptist 35.8%, Church of God 11.7%, Anglican 10%, Methodist 9.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%), Roman Catholic 11.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.8%, other 14%
The West Indies do not have only one religions.There are different kinds .Example
Seven Days Adventist Roman catholic & Hindu is largest population in West Indies & all Caribien countries .
Roman Catholic - 21.5%
Evangelican - 12.1%
Penticostal - 4.1%
Roman Catholic- 33.4%
Hinduism -28.3%
Muslims -5.9%
THe religion of the Carib is to suck your god.
what the indigenous religion of the Caribbean
Roman Catholicism is the most widespread religion in west indies.However many islanders practice religions that have african influences.
They practice all different religions, but mostly Catholic/Christian religions.
What are 6 major religion in the Caribbean
Civilization in the Caribbean did not begin with the Europeans. Indigenous people lived in the Caribbean long before the arrival of the Europeans. If anything, the Europeans are responsible for the diversity of races in the Caribbean.
Name Name two traditional religions to which people in the English speaking Caribbean belong .
These are religious movements that developed in the Caribbean. Examples of these include Rastafari, Vodun, Shango, Revivalism, Orisha and Santeria, etc
Infantilization of indigenous peoples
There were too many different cultures and indigenous tribes of people to list for the entire region. Each area had different people that were unique to the area. The Mayan civilization had spread extensively throughout the Central American region.
the simple answer is people! there were originally only indigenous people living in the Caribbean and they had their own religions then when Europeans arrived and introduced slavery they brought Christianity with them then later after the abolition of slavery indentured workers from asia mostly India came, bring with them Hinduism and Islam. The main religions in the Caribbean are Christianity(Catholicism), Hinduism and Islam
tainos
the amerindians or indigenous people of the Caribbean came to Caribbean in search of food.
Taino
Cyclical.
It depends on which region you are speaking of.
Modern civilization has had little impact on the spiritual lives of indigenous peoples. They continue to practice indigenous religions. There are thousand of people groups who have not been evangelized.
Gond ..gond are the indigenous people of whole world...but ...gond indigenous found in india .they are accepted a natural religions ...bcz they are nearest of nature over gond indigenous..religions are ...koya punem...means ...manav dharma...thats we called ..gondi religions..
It depends on which region you are speaking of.
No!
Various denominations of Christianity, Islam, hybrids of the aforementioned religions and indigenous relious beliefs, indigenous tribal religions.
Prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus what was the indigenous population of North and South America and the Caribbean?